[Rad]

We had this tree fall down and I started to cut it up for firewood until I saw the pattern in the wood and decided to save a few hunks for working with later. I've Anchor Sealed the ends and set them aside to cure. Yet another to be continued story!!

 

[NightKnight]

That is pretty! I'll bet that would make a beautiful bowl!

 

[Rad]

That is pretty! I'll bet that would make a beautiful bowl!

Just what I was thinking! The hard part for me is the waiting for the wood to cure. Some turners don't wait and turn it green, but I would rather not go through all the work and then have it crack -- so I'll wait.

 

[JJireh]

Posted this on another topic, but I'll post it again as an interesting read for your comment above. About halfway down under

"Experimental New Treatment for Wood"

http://www.ronkent.com/techniques.php

 

[Rad]

Posted this on another topic, but I'll post it again as an interesting read for your comment above. About halfway down under

"Experimental New Treatment for Wood"

http://www.ronkent.com/techniques.php

Thanks JJireh! That was a new one to me -- I will have to try it out sometime.

 

[Sean]

Very nice! I'll bet if you can keep it from splitting it will saw up into some nice looking wood.

 

[Rad]

Very nice! I'll bet if you can keep it from splitting it will saw up into some nice looking wood.

Yes--I hope so! I look forward to working with it. I'm not even sure what kind of wood it is -- when the leaves come back on, I am going to check out it's brothers and sisters to see if I can identify it. It is possibly ash, but I'm not sure.