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[Wolverine]

Turned another bowl. Awesome piece of spalted curly maple.

 

[Wolverine]

And took my first stab @ a goblet.

 

[Wolverine]

 

[jakethesnake]

You eat outta them bowls n stuff? Just sorta curious. I had a guy make me a baseball bar once it was funny I guess it wasn't good n dry it was all curved up and strange after several months. Do you polish or seal them with anything

 

[Marshy]

The cup has a hole in it unfortunately. Looks nice.

 

[Wolverine]

Yes it does, a worm hole! Kinda glad it did(not unfortunate!), just adds to the character. No I don't eat out of them. Right now I'm just using BLO(boiled linseed oil), which is not food safe. I like the sheen it produces. Not real glossy and gives a great feel. They are more shelf sitting pieces than dinner ware.

 

[Jeff Svoboda]

Nice peices. Talking finishes. I've read a little lately about finishing spalted wood sense I'm working on some at the moment. They say shellac will not yellow as much as blo. So I did a test and found it to be somewhat true. Here's a pic of the test piece. Shellac on the left and blo on the right. I happened to not test on a spalted piece but i think it would hold true. Shellac looks brighter also.

 

[Wolverine]

My thought is the 10-15 minute soaking with blo helps get oil deeper into the [very]dry piece, helping stabilize the reclaimed firewood. And also if you work with a lot of tiger/curly maple, blo can help accentuate that grain. The files I attached are something I found a long time ago, so they're not written by me. I have a preference towards wiping varnishes, like Watco danish oil and similar products. More layers = more shine and you can knock down the shine w/ fine steel wool. I have a product called Hope's tung oil varnish that I love, but can no longer get. The watco is close. Here's a project I made to show it's results.
Did you use an aerosol can or wipe on?


I like the satin look/feel.

 

[jakethesnake]

You make that clock? I like It a lot

 

[Jeff Svoboda]

Very nice clock!!! I wiped it on with lots of coats. Sanding some in-between coats. I'll post some pics soon of the end results. It'll probably be on fch.com though.

 

[quietfly]

Great work!!! Love the goblet!!!

 

[P.M.P.]

Turned another bowl. Awesome piece of spalted curly maple.
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Very nice work.
The last pic looks like its smiling

 

[wildroamer]

http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&ke...vptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=t&ref=pd_sl_6wvrtg9id7_e

 

[Wolverine]

http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=hope's+tung+oil&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=31942036890&hvpos=1t2&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15026176772803988424&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=t&ref=pd_sl_6wvrtg9id7_e

If you can find it, I'll buy 2 cases!!!

 

[Magic_Man]

Looks like your having fun with the wood lathe.

 

[wildroamer]

Ah, varnish.

 

[USMC615]

Very nice pieces Wolverine...

 

[Jeff Svoboda]

I'll bring this one to the top again. If you don't mind me sharing? Here's one I finished this morning.

 

[Wolverine]

I certainly don't mind! Ash? Looks great!

 

[Shawn Curry]

I made these for my mom from some of the leftover bits of the curly English Walnut.