OK another piece of wood

[Dalboy]

Well two actually. I know yet another wood brag.

I was at a rally sitting between two big containers there is a pile of wood containing Walnut, Yew, Ash and Beech. unfortunately I only had room in my car for a couple of pieces so after a bit of asking around I found the owner of the pile turns out he does stump and tree removal, Had a long chat with him about wood and have come to an agreement that for a couple of drinks I can return in the future for some wood. But he said I could take two pieces FOC that caught my eye right at the front well I gave him a nice crisp £5 note anyway to donate to a charity.

I have his number so I can phone to make another trip to him with an empty car by the way I have an old Volvo 740 estate car

The two pieces are the same diameter the one still to be cut is 9 1/2" thick and the one already cut up is 7 1/2" thick luckily it was a freshly cut piece so had not started to dry out and crack and he still has a 6ft length
The last photo's are of the first one I have started to prepare the close up of one of the blanks is 7 1/2" X 8" and I managed to get at least a few bowl blanks and a couple of vase blanks from that one and also enough odd bits to cut into some pen blanks.

 

[Bill Mooney]

That was a good day out then Derek. Well done.

 

[Dalboy]

That was a good day out then Derek. Well done.

And I had a good weekend selling as well even sold to another woodturner

 

[Terry Q]

Well done Derek. A couple of pens and a bowl or two and you should have a life time source for wood.

 

[bigbob]

Hi Derek what do you paint on the ends to stop them drying out so quickly and how do you store the wood until seasoned. Sorry for the daft questions but just in case I get the same opportunity and now I have time since I retired.

 

[chas_41_uk]

Very nice and a good contact to have as well

 

[edlea]

Good to make friends with folks like him Derek

 

[fortress]

That's the way to do it Derek, right time, right place.

 

[Vic Perrin]

Looks a bit far gone to me Derek ! I am at my sons for a couple of weeks in August on the Isle of Sheppy. If you want I can come and pick it up and we can use it on his new chiminea.

:wink:

 

[Buckeye]

That's some lovely wood and a nice contact to have

Peter

 

[Dalboy]

Hi Derek what do you paint on the ends to stop them drying out so quickly and how do you store the wood until seasoned. Sorry for the daft questions but just in case I get the same opportunity and now I have time since I retired.

I have quite a bit of emulsion paint left over from decorating and also can get it off of freecycle so give it a thick coat and then stick the newspaper to that which helps stop getting the paint everywhere and also means I can turn them over to do the other end. I have used this method for sometime and it seems to work, I still get some failures but you will get that whichever sealer you use.

Looks a bit far gone to me Derek ! I am at my sons for a couple of weeks in August on the Isle of Sheppy. If you want I can come and pick it up and we can use it on his new chiminea.

:wink:

Will have to have a get together when you are down this way and have a good face to face chat

After struggling to cut the first one with a club hammer and an old metal axe also having only half a functioning heart the wife took pity on me and sent me out to buy this(Terry Q it was the packet of lemon bonbons that I brought her that tipped the scale in my favour) and this is where I am at I have sealed the ends the same as the first lot but still need to cut them along the grain to bowl size.
This one seems to have a little more spalting than the first

 

[wm460]

Stop making me jealous,

 

[Penpal]

Beaut Spalting, great story all round success so far.

Peter.

 

[Jim]

Some nice spalted wood there Derek ..

 

[Winemaker]

Nice wood you have there well done

 

[bigbob]

I have quite a bit of emulsion paint left over from decorating and also can get it off of freecycle so give it a thick coat and then stick the newspaper to that which helps stop getting the paint everywhere and also means I can turn them over to do the other end. I have used this method for sometime and it seems to work, I still get some failures but you will get that whichever sealer you use.

Thank you Derek I have some emulsion left from the bathroom I have never turned a bowl yet as I have only turned pens ,letter openers and magnifier glasses and only have a wee lathe but would be able to attempt a small bowl especially now you have taught me how to deal with green wood. Was dragged into hobby craft by Mrs Bob I suspect to be invited to buy an embroidery frame but they did not have any but I did get a bag of wax and have an old bake bean tin which I hope to be able to melt the wax in so I can tip the ends of pen blanks. Also have been searching the net how to dry blanks in the microwave so have bought a set of small scales to measure the weight. Oh and come to an agreement with Mrs Bob that I can use her microwave on the proviso that I order her a embroidery frame so done deal.

 

[Penpal]

Bargain Bob.

Peter

 

[Dalboy]

Thank you Derek I have some emulsion left from the bathroom I have never turned a bowl yet as I have only turned pens ,letter openers and magnifier glasses and only have a wee lathe but would be able to attempt a small bowl especially now you have taught me how to deal with green wood. Was dragged into hobby craft by Mrs Bob I suspect to be invited to buy an embroidery frame but they did not have any but I did get a bag of wax and have an old bake bean tin which I hope to be able to melt the wax in so I can tip the ends of pen blanks. Also have been searching the net how to dry blanks in the microwave so have bought a set of small scales to measure the weight. Oh and come to an agreement with Mrs Bob that I can use her microwave on the proviso that I order her a embroidery frame so done deal.

before you start microwaving wood have a read of THIS that Neil Lawton did

 

[bigbob]

Hi Derek I have read this very well written article and the one positive I took from it is the advice to use scales instead of a meter probe as cheap scales are a lot more efficient than a cheap moisture probe. I will be using typical pen blank size material which is a lot smaller than Neil was using and if this works it has only cost me £6.99 (ok I'll hold my hands up to having paid £45 on a embroidery frame to access the microwave but would have bought it for her anyway) if it does not work then it is back to an experiment with the wax/emulsion and time.

 

[Dalboy]

Hi Derek I have read this very well written article and the one positive I took from it is the advice to use scales instead of a meter probe as cheap scales are a lot more efficient than a cheap moisture probe. I will be using typical pen blank size material which is a lot smaller than Neil was using and if this works it has only cost me £6.99 (ok I'll hold my hands up to having paid £45 on a embroidery frame to access the microwave but would have bought it for her anyway) if it does not work then it is back to an experiment with the wax/emulsion and time.

For small pieces for example turned boxes and pen blanks I cut them and let them dry for a couple of weeks indoors then stick them in the airing cupboard, because of the small size I have not had hardly any split. I have done this with a couple of 9" bowl blanks with no trouble but then I rough turned them left for 6 months and popped them in the cupboard. This worked for me but have not tried all woods that I get