AWGB Woodturning Forum
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Derek on September 03, 2018, 05:18:44 PM
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Well having got the walnut home it was time to rough cut ready for conversion into turning material. So this is where I am at as of today, I would have been further ahead but Saturday I spent the day at our turning club watching a demo by Mark Sanger, then yesterday I was out with the wife having a meal with the family for her 80th birthday.
Well at least today I managed to get to this stage now to complete the conversion after having to sort out the wood store to fit it in as room is very tight. And I still have a 12ft long piece of yew to go and look at where am I going to put that when I get it.
The thickest piece is 4" and the thinnest is 2 1/2". The large pieces in the first photo I can get a 17" bowl out of them they are also 242 long so can get some smaller ones out of it as well. Well worth the two turned wooden pens.
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Derek I think you have got a bargain there! :D :D
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You've got to love some of the colours that can be seen in that wood.
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That is a really nice haul. Quite envious!
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Hi
You can all stop drooling after all you are grown men .now it's my turn beautiful colours
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Spent this morning sorting out the wood store to fit this lot in. Now what will I do with the yew tree when I collect it on Thursday ;) ;) ;)
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Spent this morning sorting out the wood store to fit this lot in. Now what will I do with the yew tree when I collect it on Thursday ;) ;) ;)
Apart from teasing the rest of you mean?
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Apart from teasing the rest of you mean?
Don't worry I will take some photos of the yew when I get it ;D ;D ;D
I think I need to think twice about saying yes to wood until I have got rid of some that I have by turning it
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I think I need to think twice about saying yes to wood until I have got rid of some that I have by turning it
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Easier said than done, I used to have a back garden :) :)
ATB John
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I think I need to think twice about saying yes to wood until I have got rid of some that I have by turning it
Easier said than done, I used to have a back garden :) :)
ATB John
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Well I have a little garden as it is only 100feet long so still plenty of room for more sheds ;D ;D ;D
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Still working on this lot. But the yew got postponed until tomorrow so out collecting that. Also to slow things down did an event the weekend and unloaded the car and blow me down if I only went and found a biggish lump of lightly spalted beech measuring 47" X 17" X 3" just could not work out how it got there
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.....found a biggish lump of lightly spalted beech measuring 47" X 17" X 3" just could not work out how it got there
.....I think that I must have left it there, by mistake. Next time you're in Bala, drop it in please and I'll put it to good use. ;D
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I wondered where I left that!
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That last was not the end of it.
Yet more wood having a great month for collecting. I think I am becoming a wood hoarder.
I went out today and looked at the yew log I mentioned the other day which is 12foot but only came back with this pile. I can hear you all saying well what happened to the log well that one and a shorter one which is bigger in diameter was just too much for my volvo estate car so the very very kind man said he will deliver those two free of charge.
This is what I brought back 12" steel ruler for scale. Could be some nice pippy yew blanks in the two larger pieces
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i thought i was the wood hoarder amongst us?
tipping the scales at two 20' containers full.
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I am fairly new to wood turning, and seeing these posts I wonder whether you experienced guys can help, please?
My biggest problem is that I want to make big bowls, and I get offered some nice logs, but they invariably split in storage. I have tried leaving them long and cutting off the ends, coating the ends with PVA glue, rough turning, different places to store them and wrapping in garden fleece.
I store them in my garage, would they be better outside?
What works for you?
Cheers
John
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It depends a lot on the wood as different woods are going to behave differently. If you can then split the wood down the centre as that releases a lot of the tension.
Pete
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Alternatively turn the wood green and then season the bowl.
ATB John
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you need to find a place that is not too dry to start with.
always rough turn and seal the endgrain as more will survive.
where are you john hewes?
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'Thanks, gents.
Do you think the garage is too dry and I’d be better keeping it outside? I have a big overhang on the garage eaves and thought about a long rack just under the eaves, where it would be out of the rain.
My best results have been rough turning first, and I have tried making very thin platters and dishes, but there is always too much distortion then to make them useable, or attractive.
I am in Northants, NN14 3ED.
Regards
John
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I store mine undercover with good ventilation and also store it in stick. I do cut mine into rounds and seal the perimeter I have lost some but that can be down to me rather than the wood in some cases because when I started I cut straight through the centre of the log now I cut either side which is a good thing as I also get some spindle blanks from the centre after trimming. this is my store before the walnut, beech and yew from this post. And as you can see getting rather tight for space I also have another shed full of wood some turning blanks as well as kiln dried planked wood.
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Thanks for that info Derek and the photos, is that an open fronted lean to?
I don’t have that quantity but I will try your method next time.
With this weather, that could be tomorrow!
Regards
John
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Thanks for that info Derek and the photos, is that an open fronted lean to?
Regards
John
It was an old aviary which I turned into a shed but left some gaps around the bottom either end to allow air flow into the shed. Even doing it this way expect some failures some of which can just be down to the type of wood or the way you have cut it. I do have another shed which has some of the dryer blanks in and also some rough turned blanks.
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be careful not to have too much airflow as that can dry the wood too quickly as well. you want just enough to stop the mold growing but no more.
i suggest you get yourself some hygrometers to measure the humidity of the air in the location you are storing stuff.