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Curt,
I get my alcohol from the local BB stores. I have used the same alky for about 8 months now. When it gets to the point where you pour some on the shop floor and it doesn't evaporate in 1 hour? It's time to change the solution. Gotta hit the road now.
Thanks & Happy Wood Chips,
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Thanks from me too Dennis!
I have my first bowl drying as we speak and your newspaper method will work much better than my paper bag did.
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Well Dennis.....
First.........Thanks my friend! Not wrapping my cherry bowl in newspaper probably explains why the next morning after removing it from the alcohol bath.......it had horrendous cracks!
This ought to be an article!
Thanks again from a newbie turner!
Ken
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That, and the fact that it's cherry would explain the cracks. We had a fresh cherry log about 5 foot long literally split end to end. It's very susceptible to cracking. I've had good luck with the alky method and cherry though. In fact I have a cherry bowl in the bath as we speak.Originally Posted by Ken Fitzgerald
Well Dennis.....
First.........Thanks my friend! Not wrapping my cherry bowl in newspaper probably explains why the next morning after removing it from the alcohol bath.......it had horrendous cracks!
This ought to be an article!
Thanks again from a newbie turner!
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Dennis steered me to this method a while back and have been using it every since. Have not lost a bowl yet due to cracking or checking. Thanks Dennis for the tip.
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That brings up a question: I'm not sure about where Ken is, but I live in a much drier climate than Arkansas. (Well, not counting days like Wednesday...Not wrapping my cherry bowl in newspaper probably explains why the next morning after removing it from the alcohol bath.......it had horrendous cracks!)
The bit about cutting the "porthole" in the newspaper: should that possibly be omitted for those of use living in the southwest?
Or will the blanks just dry faster after they come out of the bath?
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Ken - You wrap the piece in the newspaper after the bath. That piece was gonna crack no matter what you did......Not wrapping my cherry bowl in newspaper probably explains why the next morning after removing it from the alcohol bath.......it had horrendous cracks!
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Yeah Andy....that's what I failed to do.....I removed it from the bath and set it on a window sill without wrapping it.
Ken
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Dennis,
Since you are the DNA expert, is there anything I should do about this knot in the bottom of my bowl? I have already bathed it and it is drying. It is 13" now after starting out at 17".
Pete
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Pete, this is kinda late, but I flood most knots with Ca glue.
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Hey Dennis thanks for the pictorial. Always appreciate the informantion I get from this site.
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Dennis, fantastic tutorial and picture representation!!!Many thanks, as I know it will be useful to many!
For now, I have made this into a "sticky" for the Turners Forum but, I have also put in a request to Keith/Aaron to kindly turn this into an article for "permanent" archiving. Again, thanks much!
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Thanks for sticking it John and I do hope it can be moved to articles.
Dennis did a fantastic job with this and will make an excellent reference for all of us to use.
THANKS SOOOOOOO MUCH DENNIS!
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