Posts Tagged ‘dry wood’


Refined – Process To Woodturn Dry Wood Goblet

This post is best viewed on this page. However, in case of technical issues, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. In this video, I refine the process recently used on green wood goblets and a dry wood goblet. In the dry goblet, I had intended to follow the new process exactly but spaced […]

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New Process To Woodturn Dry Wood Goblet

This post is best viewed on this page. However, in case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. In this video, I transfer the process used on recent green wood goblet to a dry wood goblet. What is different? Usually, the turning order is: Bowl, stem, foot. However, with the recent experience, […]

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Woodturn Cherry Box From Wet Wood

Also can be viewed on YouTube I started this project in July 2013 when I helped a friend cut down a large cherry tree in his back yard. I turned some of the wood into cylinders starting to make small boxes. But the difference is that the wood was very fresh and wet. Knowing that it would shrink […]

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Woodturn Rustic Cedar Natural Edge Coasters

This project is relatively easy, a great way to practice with natural edge forms without the risk of a bowl. These coasters are wet, freshly harvested, cedar. After slicing a limb into discs, I started them drying with a quick soak in Denatured Alcohol to accelerate the drying process. They had lost about 30% of their […]

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Green Woodturning Techniques – Alcohol Soak & Walnut Oil Finish

I’m experimenting with two techniques for my woodturning: one for drying wet or green wood; one for finishishing. For drying a bowl after rough turning the bowl blank, I’m using denatured alcohol (DNA) for an overnight soak, then drying the bowl in a controlled environment such as a brown paper bag. For finishing, I’m following […]

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Remount And Finish Woodturning Alcohol Soaked Green Bowl

I rough turned this birch bowl about six months ago from a fresh green trunk a friend found for me. At that time, I did not expect much from this bowl thinking that birch is a fairly blond wood without a lot of character. To expedite the drying process, I soaked this bowl overnight in […]

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