AndrewB Posted October 17, 2020 Report Share Posted October 17, 2020 (edited) So doing the lamination thing again this morning I made a run to home depot. I managed to pick up a 6 foot length of Pine lumber. it was a bit bigger than I was expecting it to be how ever I managed to get what I needed out of it. Unfortunately I tried looking for poplar and or maple wood... But they haven't gotten in a shipment of hardwood lumbers at all lately I'm assuming from the causes of the fires down in California... That's at least what the clerk told me. So I wound up buying the pine. I'm hoping that it will make a decent set of bowls and turn easily. I cut it down to the length and width I wanted which was ultimately 6x6x3. I was able to get two blanks out of the lot of material. So off to a good start I'm hoping they will be dried out by this evening so I can round them out on the band saw and get started on them. UPS seems to like to delay my packages when they say they deliver today it wont be here until monday so not very happy about that but at least I've got something to keep me busy while I'm waiting on my cook woods order. I just hope these pine bowls turn out nicely. It is another wood species I've wanted to try turning. Edited October 17, 2020 by AndrewB Cal, FlGatorwood and p_toad 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted October 17, 2020 Report Share Posted October 17, 2020 (edited) Sharp tools for Pine! Very soft. Sands easily, though. I would definitely round these on the bandsaw before turning Edited October 17, 2020 by lew Cal and FlGatorwood 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewB Posted October 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2020 That was definitely the plan. I still have enough left over from the two that I could possibly make a small platter. I may give that a shot as well. Cal and FlGatorwood 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewB Posted October 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2020 Also just got a score on some driftwood that's about 12 feet long according to my older brother. They want to cut it up I told them Id take it off their hands and use it. So I may have a deal out of that free wood LOL. Cal and FlGatorwood 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandyDan Posted October 17, 2020 Report Share Posted October 17, 2020 Looking good. How do you stack the pieces? I found a better look comes from "folding" the pieces at the cut lines. Burning a line at the glue lines is another option. FlGatorwood and Cal 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewB Posted October 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2020 I just glue stack repeat and clamp. FlGatorwood and Cal 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AndrewB Posted October 17, 2020 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted October 17, 2020 Yea so far this bowl is turning out quite nicely.... And yep @lew you were right it sanded extremely easily. Didn't even have to work for it to get a good finish.... Gerald, lew, FlGatorwood and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewB Posted October 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 The first bowl is coming out quite nicely actually just put the first coat of finish on and letting it dry. So far the lathe seems quite stable but then again I didn't have a blank on it as of yet... FlGatorwood, HandyDan, lew and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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