AWGB Woodturning Forum
General Category => Gallery => Topic started by: Les Symonds on November 19, 2020, 08:40:30 PM
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This was cut from apiece of wood that a student gave me. It had been a beam in a neighbour's house, then, for several months, an edge of a raised bed in their garden, until he nabbed it in the hope of using it when he buys a lathe. He brought a lump for me to identify and to try out. It wasn't easy to turn; it cut easily enough but its grain tore-out readily and it took a fair amount of sanding to get an even finish. There was a lot of hairline cracks in the first inch-or-so of thickness, hence the scorched rim - not that I need much of an excuse to get the blow-torch out.
12" diameter and 4" deep. Cellulose sanding sealer and microcrystaline wax, with lime wax applied to the open, scorched grain and mostly buffed out again.
C&C always welcome...Les
p.s. .. I'm fairly certain it's Western Hemlock, but am happy to be corrected (Steve!).
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Have added an image of the end grain
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I love the way old, manky wood still looks fresh and clean when you get into it.
Nice work there Les.
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Really beautiful!
And softwoods seem to get a poor press but can give lovely items - I have some nice things from 'redwood'. And 'found timber' is always worth a look wherever it has been - firewood logs a good source, too.
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No timber (apart pehaps for *&q stuff) is unusable. Just neeed to adapt what you make. Mallets aren't much use in lime or birch for example LOL
Actually there may well be a use for a mallet with a softer head in carving.
Pete