cracks

I turned a Leveche rollerball using a Brown Mallee Burr blank. I used epoxy to glue the blank to the tube and after bringing into the house for a couple of days cracks appeared along some of the burr lines. I finished it using Phil's melamine technique. Any advice to prevent this much...

Hi All, Sirocco in Olive wood and Premo clay used for the Celtic Knot. Lost a little bit of clay but it turned out ok with a CA and sawdust fill. The wood had a lot of cracks as I got close to the finished size. It will all hold together with the CA finish.:thumbs: Olive wood pen. - YouTube

Always a test of caution cutting this log across,the medullary rays can conceal cracks,so far with this log so good over time. Peter.:thumbs:

Another experiment that went wrong but the wife liked it so I completed it. As you can see the paint shrank back leaving what appears to be cracks. Somehow the more I look at it the more I like it. It is 10 1/2" X 2" and I believe it is lime. Do you really like the paint job be honest guys

Oak Burr not sure what it is got some ali filings in some cracks

Found a slab of wood with cracks too big to burn so cut through the cracks of idigbo and glued sapele in the cracks 14 inches in die 3 inches high

Evening ladies and gentlemen, Doki oki, here I was turning some leadwood for the omega's attached and all was well. Process to get me there was pretty normal. Drilled out to the correct diameter, very slowly and with great care. Tubes fitted well, not too tight but snug. Glued with 5 minute...