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A bit of fun with wet yew !

PhillH

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Thought I'd give this a whirl. From my freebie Yew, hollowed out with the Multi tip for practice, turned as thin as I dare (about 3/16ths thick wall). Love the wet streamers off it, good fun to do for sure. It's about 5 inch tall and hollowed for nearly 4 inches a good learning curve and fun to do.

Will be interested to see what happens to it over the next few days, it was moving shape as I turned it, odd experience.

I'm looking forward to getting this Yew dried, there's some lovely purple colours in it and pips and all sorts.

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Bloody well done mate so pleased you enjoyed your first bit of wet turning bet it wont be your last
 
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It a slippery slope this hollowing lark & it looks like you`re plummeting downhill mate :funny:

Great effort Phill, I can see you`re hooked :thumbs::thumbs:
 
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Nice one Phil, wet you changes shape as it dries and should give you a nice but funny shaped object.
 
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That's really Kewel as Charlotte says.
Glad you enjoyed the wet turning it sure can be fun.
Looking forward to the next masterpiece from yew init?
 
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Have you got any sycamore Phill that is the absolute bees knees to turn wet with shavings flying over your shoulder
 
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Soon you will be surrounded by plates, bowls, part turned awaiting dry time and building an addition or another shed for storage. Over here I have been in quite a fret with the scorching heat and my timber storage it constitutes a fire hazard. Down to 26 C today a welcome relief all round. There was stray ash and leaves blown from fire areas yesterday wind around 100 km in gusts. A lot of the devastating fires are found to be lit by weird people.

Progress on this hollowing like to see it dry.

Peter.
 
rowdyyates115

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Well Done Phil, thats a beaut, will be interesting to see it when its dry, both for the shape but more for the colours that Yew can produce...:thumbs::thumbs:
 
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Well done Phil! Looks great. Wish I could turn yew but tried it once and my skin on my hands went all funny for a couple of weeks.
Would love to see it when it's dried.
Best regards
Chris
 
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Woody said:
Wrap it in a newspaper Phill you will be surprised how much difference it makes
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+1 for this, or pop it in a paper bag, the vase I showed you had been in a paper bag for a couple of months before I discarded it & left the vase to finish drying on the shelf.
 
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