It was such a pleasure to work with the wood in it's green (wet) state as the tooling is often easier and the cuts are far more efficient. Anyway, I have been seasoning a couple of pieces that I roughed out at the time and spun them on the lathe today to true them up and trim down the thickness.
The are now sitting in the house adjusting to the warmth and finishing off the last of there drying process.
Here are a couple of photographs of the forms at this stage of the process. Not long now before they can be turned to a finish.
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| Cherry - Approx. 7" x 4" |
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| Sycamore - Approx. 5" x 4" |
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Looking forward to seeing them finished. It was a good time in your company.
ReplyDeleteTake care
Hi Mark,
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately the Cherry one has split, big time, in fact the split has almost seperated it into 2 halves. Time for some creative thinking!
I now appreciate the seasoning process and it's subtleties.
Cheers,
Lee.
Hi Lee
ReplyDeleteStrange, obviously needed slower seasoning. How about using the halves and carving/smotthing the edges and laying the pieces on a contrasting plinth.
Hi Lee
ReplyDeleteStrange, obviously needed slower seasoning. How about using the halves and carving/smotthing the edges and laying the pieces on a contrasting plinth.