Nathan Camp
05-30-2007, 9:11 PM
Here is my latest bowl from ambrosia maple.
I had a hard time with this one. Bought the blank, which was suppost to be dry, but wasn't. Roughed it out. Tried to smooth it out, but the more I sanded it, the more the end grain tore out (with the sand paper). Tried some thin CA which caused the end grain to tear out in much bigger chunks.
Turned it down some more. Then dryed it in the microwave. The sand paper was still making the end grain tear out. Fixed the outside with my ROS, but it would not fit on the inside. Sanded as much as I could stand, and after two days of sanding, I decided I could live with the roughness on the inside and the bottom.:o
By the way, I sanded to 600 grit, then moved to micromesh to 12000.
It has 3 coats of Minwax tung oil on it. I still need to hit it again with steel wool (as you can see in the second picture) and put the final coat on and sign it.
By the way, there really is that much color difference beween the ends and the sides (pics 2 and 3).
I've never had this much problem with the end grain before. Any advice?
Thanks,
Nathan
65577655786557965580
I had a hard time with this one. Bought the blank, which was suppost to be dry, but wasn't. Roughed it out. Tried to smooth it out, but the more I sanded it, the more the end grain tore out (with the sand paper). Tried some thin CA which caused the end grain to tear out in much bigger chunks.
Turned it down some more. Then dryed it in the microwave. The sand paper was still making the end grain tear out. Fixed the outside with my ROS, but it would not fit on the inside. Sanded as much as I could stand, and after two days of sanding, I decided I could live with the roughness on the inside and the bottom.:o
By the way, I sanded to 600 grit, then moved to micromesh to 12000.
It has 3 coats of Minwax tung oil on it. I still need to hit it again with steel wool (as you can see in the second picture) and put the final coat on and sign it.
By the way, there really is that much color difference beween the ends and the sides (pics 2 and 3).
I've never had this much problem with the end grain before. Any advice?
Thanks,
Nathan
65577655786557965580