So the county has been out on our road cutting down some trees that are close to the road before winter hits. Some of it looked in really good shape and had a decent enough diameter to still yield some turning material after the bark was stripped off and much of it had some really nice grain color/patterning to it.
Sooooo .... I quickly scarfed up a couple loads of it before it was put to the chipper ....
Best part is ... it was all FREE! I can try turning this and if it becomes nothing more than sawdust all that was invested was a little time and time at the lathe isn't a bad thing. Time to get turnin'. ; )
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i was just reading about a situation like this, and the advice was "turn it wet and leave it thick." then wrap it in newspaper and put it in a paper bag for a bunch of months.
I did that with a piece of swamp maple, and it turned out *great*.
yeah that's basically what i did with the first piece. it is sitting in a paper bag. i need to figure out how to hollow out the inside though.
doing a big goblet and have the shape roughed out, but the piece keeps flying out of my chuck as i try to hollow it out. the foot is too small for a faceplate (and i don't want screw holes anyway). i may have to use a glue block or something and then faceplate that and hope.
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