Woodturning Wet Wood – Figured Box Elder Bowl
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Woodturning a bowl is always a pleasure for me. I am excited to see what can emerge from a block of wood.
When I started woodturning, my wood had to be dry. What else was there? As I learned about drying, cracking, and warping, I also learned about turning green or wet wood.
I’ve tried many different ways to accelerated wood drying. Some require expensive chemicals, extensive processing, or a prolonged heat source. I’ve decided to be patient and use a twice turned technique for bowls that are to be perfectly round – no warping allowed. (All at once is a different exercise – with a different result.)
This box elder was turned to a wall thickness of 3/4 to 1 inch. Then coated with a green wood sealer and left to dry. After months of periodically weighing the bowl and recording its weight, the lack of weight loss indicated that it is dry and can be finished turned.
This is finished with walnut oil and buffed for a moderate shine. It is about 8 inches by 3 inches.
I’ll always come back to turning a bowl.
Enjoy!
Just Love your easy manner of presentation. Is clear informative and always pick up points. Great job Alan. Cheers
John.
John,
thank you for your kind comments
Alan
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Please try again. The link should be fixed.
Thank you
Alan
Very pretty bowl
Thank you Jack
Alan
i have a question or two… after you have turned it green, how did you let it dry? on a shelf? in a bag with shavings? or other?
recently tried you sea urchin and it didnt blow up in my face (pleased) and it didnt come out half bad. i can see where i can do better but overall satisfied with my/its first outcome. enjoy your videos and i know i havent but scratched the surface on seeing them all. keep up the good work and God bless 🙂
For this one, the sealer was enough that I did not do much else.
My next step would be to put it in a brown paper grocery bag to create a micro climate.
Beyond that would be up to you. Shavings work pretty good also.
Alan