Are we allowed to cry? (Now with Pics)

[Christopher K. Hartley]

I turned my first bowl out of green wood and not knowing much about drying I left it sit out. I was hoping to get it all done and post the pictures when it was finished. well I took it down today, and low and behold, little cracks starting in the bottom of the bowl. I went and got my big white bucket with a lid and bought some alcohol and plunged my bowl in. Hope I can save it but if not I'll just have to start over with a bit more knowledge this time. Should I try to fill the cracks or are they best left alone? Do all new guys make this many blunders or is it just me?:(

Ok, I'm learning about pics! Just got it out of the Alcohol Bath.

[Greg Savage]

There is no crying in turning!

[Christopher K. Hartley]

There is no crying in turning!

Oh Alright! I was just trying to keep the wood from cracking any more. You know a little salt water.

[Robert Mickley]

As long as we don't hear you its ok,

Don't feel to bad, I put lots of bowls in the woodburner in the begining. LOTS!!

[Andy Hoyt]

Well, if Real Men Do Eat Quiche then....

[Pat Salter]

If there's no pictures... it didn't happen. Works for crying too :D

[Jim Dunn]

I cry all the time. Seem to make the wood feel sorry for me and finish a little better each time. Course the spalted maple is in the corner laughing it little guts out.

[Corey Hallagan]

Hope it turns out ok for yah Chris, good luck!

corey

[John Hart]

Once the cracks start...there's usually not much you can do. But then, I havn't tried salt water yet! Here's a possibility......Feel the force move through you....Do....or Do Not....There is no Try.:)

[Glenn Hodges]

Chris, this is a common occurance in the drying process at my shop because I like to turn a lot of fruit wood. When I see cracks I put thin , and sometimes medium thin CA glue in them. I have found this helps prevent them from spreading. I am not sure the alcohol will help with the crack which is already present in the wood, but good luck. Go ahead and cry, it might make you feel better.

[Ernie Nyvall]

No crying... we're not playing basketball here... and don't eat quiche either.:D

Ernie

[Greg Savage]

If there's no pictures... it didn't happen. Works for crying too :D

So....It is kinda like a tree falling in the woods.......If there is nobody there to hear the chainsaw, it didn't happen.

[Christopher K. Hartley]

No crying... we're not playing basketball here... and don't eat quiche either.

Dang! ya'll ar a tough croud! Even en Texas we're aloud to cry when our horse dies! I thought Turn'in was at least as important as a horse. Ya'll are cold!:D

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Chris.........Horses are pretty important! Just ask John Hart!:D

Hang in there Chris....the bowl! I'll soon be joining you and then we can cry together over some quiche! Just ignore these hardnoses..........they're just too "macho" to admit eating quiche or crying ......but as turners....they all whine!;) :D

[Christopher K. Hartley]

..........they're just to "macho" to admit eating quiche or crying ......but as turners....they all whine!;) :D

You know, you're right Ken, what's a little cry'in when we have all that whin'in going on. Hurry up, I think we gona to be learn'in this stuff together.;)

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Chris........SWMBO sleeps until 0900 on weekends. We have to go shopping for a new mattress/box springs this morning. Then we are going to a turning display at the museum at the University of Idaho in Moscow, ID this afternoon. There is a hardware store there in Moscow that sells Robert Larson tools. I hope to come with a square end scraper, a round nose scraper and a bowl gouge! I might have to whine a bit but hey.......I'm a turner!

[Andy Hoyt]

I actually have not yet decided on this point yet.

Is crying aloud?

or

Is crying allowed?

How about one, but not both?

:cool:

[Ken Fitzgerald]

It's just one question Andy......Is crying aloud allowed? And the answer is yes if you're secure within yourself and No if your hung up on being macho........???????????

[Dennis Peacock]

Hey Ken.....

Aren't all turners macho?????;)

[Andy Hoyt]

Yup. Sure are.

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[Don Baer]

Yup. Sure are.

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:eek: Thats just wrong..

[Pete Jordan]

Yup. Sure are.

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Be careful Andy, I have Photoshop too!

This is what happened to the macho guy.

[Pete Jordan]

Be careful Andy, I have Photoshop too!

This is what happened to the macho guy.

Hopefully the pict will show up this time

[Christopher K. Hartley]

I actually have not yet decided on this point yet.

Is crying aloud?

or

Is crying allowed?

How about one, but not both?

:cool:

You got me! And they say you guys from Maine are Back Woods. Ive been watching your posts...you're a scholar under all that wood dust. Thanks for the catch.:o

[Andy Hoyt]

.....you're a scholar under all that wood dust...... Ha! I flunked out of Kindergarten

[Paul Downes]

I've not cryed yet, but I've cussed a few times. With green wood I have rough turned bowls and then dunked them in liquid dish detergent and water mix 25% to 75% for a few days. Some guys use a 50-50 mix. This seems to prevent cracking more often than not but the bowls still warp. I recently turned a maple burl. I had dunked the whole burl for about six months-oops I forgot about it. It already had some cracks in it when I got it so I knew it would be a problem. I filed some copper into fine dust and CA glued the dust into the cracks before finish turning. It turned out quite nice. It looks like wood with copper inclusions. I gave it to my brother-in-law who provided the burl, so I can't post a photo. He happens to own a logging co. so I figure I might have made a good investment with the bowl.:D

[doug webb]

What is quiche? ................Crying not allowed here.SWMBO tole me so when I asked her.

[Curt Fuller]

For crying out loud, of course crying aloud is allowed!

[John Hart]

I hate to seem like a lout...but who is the hot guy in the cheerleaders outfit?:confused:

[Andy Hoyt]

Looks like that hottie from Advanced Woodworking 101 - Jim Becker

[John Hart]

Ahhh...That explains it. Setting an example for his girls. Good papa.;)

[Jim Dunn]

Hope the girls don't see it till their old enough to vote! Give em a complex it will.

[Wayne Kuhn]

Seems they all go south just as you are making that one last final pass.

[Mike Ramsey]

Well, if Real Men Do Eat Quiche then....

Real turners can't spell keash!

[John Miliunas]

Yup. Sure are.

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And yet another bottle of Windex added to your debit list, Andy Hoyt!!! :mad: (Ever have orange juice come back up your nasal passages????:mad: :mad: :mad: ) :D Anyhow, that's just wrong!!!! :rolleyes: :D :cool: