| Project by RichardH | posted 12-18-2011 05:25 AM | 1553 views | 0 times favorited | 6 comments |  |
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This piece of ash wood sat spalting for a few years in the back yard here in texas, was rough turned over a year ago, and then sat on a shelf for way too long before I finally got around to finishing it.
I’ve been so busy lately that this is the first turning I’ve done in months, but that’s one of the nice thing about having a shelf full of roughed out items…they keep staring at you and eventually talk you into paying a little attention to them again.
Cheers, Richard
-- "It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it...It's the hard that makes it great."
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a1Jim
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#1 posted 12-18-2011 06:04 AM
This is an amazing turning Richard ,beautiful.
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peteg
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#2 posted 12-18-2011 08:46 AM
nice looking piece richard, well done
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#3 posted 12-18-2011 11:00 AM
Nice piece you have made the most of this lump of wood
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#4 posted 12-18-2011 02:55 PM
very beautiful, and intricate
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#5 posted 12-18-2011 11:01 PM
Richard,
What a striking piece what did you use for finish?
Thanks for sharing
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RichardH
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#6 posted 12-18-2011 11:14 PM
Thanks everyone.
Sedcokid, I used General Finishes Seal A Cell probably about 8 coats. I let each coat dry about a day and then lightly wet sand with 1500 – 2000 grit about every 2 coats. Sometimes I add a couple of layers of General Finishes Arm-R-Seal, but I skipped that this time.
-Richard
-- "It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it...It's the hard that makes it great."
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