03-06-2017 01:20 AM
by RobDubs |
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I got into carving spoons a few months ago, and have been hooked ever since. It doesn’t help when you read Peter Follansbee’s blog, and you realize that the material to partake in the hobby is all around you. A few weeks ago, I was taking some cloths to the tailor. As I’m driving through the parking lot, my wife spotted some landscapers trimming some mesquite and says to me “looks like some good spoon wood!”. Excellent – encouragement from the spouse. I...
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07-17-2015 05:30 AM
by ForestGrl |
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Busy week ending with quite a few bowl blanks, lots of spindle stock, and revelations of what needs to change in the new shop arrangement! Dust collection on the band saw sucks, and may not improve much no matter what I do, so the big air filter/scrubber needs to move over so that it pulls air from that area (will also serve drifting dust from the table saw, which is very close). Also figured out how to split the pith out of smaller logs, instead of chain sawing, and won’t forget to d...
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12-11-2013 01:42 AM
by jordanp |
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When i mentioned to my brother that i needed him to cut stuff with his chainsaw he came right over..
Keep in mind this wood is very very green. I sealed the endgrain to prevent checking.I used a draw knife to strip the bark off two thirds of the log before we started on the next step.
He was so intrigued with the project he wanted one of is own as well, so I set him aside a log as well.
I clamped the log down to some gluelam slabs I had outfront.
We cut across the grain a...
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07-15-2012 11:35 PM
by tyskkvinna |
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At the latest meeting of the Grand River Woodturning Guild, we had a fantastic demo of turning green wood. It’s one our longer videos, but worth it if the subject interests you. :) Our next meeting is next weekend, which means another demo video will be out in a few weeks. Should be great!
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06-20-2012 04:38 PM
by RobertJ |
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IntroductionI’ve been turning large chunks of un-seasoned firewood since I started turning bowls over a year and a half ago. Much of the wood is turned without regard to it’s moisture content…I don’t have time to wait thru the recommended aging periods and I don’t choose to rough turn bowls and set them aside for a few months before turning them a second time. This isn’t about attitude, it’s about loving the experience of turning and accepting the cha...
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05-18-2010 06:11 PM
by Brian Havens |
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Help!
After releasing my video last week on turing wood from locally felled trees, I got a call from an old friend (actually my former boss), after he saw the video. He asked: “Hey Brian, I got this Walnut tree I cut down some time ago. Can you use it?” Now when one says Walnut tree in Northern California, this most likely means a “Hind’s Walnut”, better known to woodworkers as Claro Walnut.
Everything about this wood says Claro. It is from an area that...
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05-11-2010 05:50 PM
by Brian Havens |
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I am happy to release my next Straightedge video. I am also exited that the topic this time has to do with turning.
When I finally got the footage to make the funny bit at the beginning of the video, I was overjoyed to finally proceed with making a video that addresses the issue of using logs from trees cut down in urban areas. This was supposed to be an easy video to make, but it turned out to be my most difficult yet. The original title of this video was “Turning Green Wood”...
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04-05-2010 12:41 PM
by Gary Fixler |
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I learned what a Chinese elm is 1 year and 10 days ago, and blogged about it here. A friend told me she had read about a very old one that had fallen on someone’s car during high winds the day before. It turned out to be only a 10 minute drive from work, which is where I was reading the email. At lunch I headed over, found the crushed truck on the side of the road, but the tree was already gone. Since then I’ve seen Chinese elms all over my area, and they are wild looking, beautif...
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08-19-2009 04:48 AM
by Innovator |
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I have always cut my green logs either on the ground or on top of other logs. Well a few weeks ago I was cutting a log and it decided it wanted to dance a little bit. Now I don’t care if a log dances or not I just don’t want it to move while I have a moving 20” chainsaw in it.
This got me thinking there has to be a way to hold the work safely for cutting. So I took to the internet looking for sawhorses for chainsaws. I did find a few commercial units but they were all listed in E...
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03-29-2009 08:38 PM
by Gary Fixler |
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You folks helped me to ID this as probably a California Bay Laurel, blown down a pretty strong wind storm a week ago. I’m still going to research it, but for now, it needed to be sealed up against the checking that had already begun. I wanted some good pics of the cross sections before they get their coat of sealer. I have 2 gallons of Anchorseal in shipment now from the source, and I’m wondering if I should have gotten the 5gal bucket. Meanwhile, last week I picked up 2 quarts of...
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