July 24, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, forty_caliber said: Pecan bowl from the tree work yesterday. I give this bowl 1 chance in 3 of surviving to 2nd turning...punky spots and cracks. Pile of shavings for this bowl. .40 Looks nice so far. Do you saturate punky stuff with CA? This is one I would soak in soap and water for a couple of days then into shavings. Check it every week or so for cracks/splits and use CA on them.
July 24, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, lew said: Looks nice so far. Do you saturate punky stuff with CA? This is one I would soak in soap and water for a couple of days then into shavings. Check it every week or so for cracks/splits and use CA on them. I did saturate with CA. I'm not familiar with the soapy water treatment. What are the details? .40
July 25, 20214 yr 18 hours ago, forty_caliber said: I did saturate with CA. I'm not familiar with the soapy water treatment. What are the details? .40 Here's a couple of links for the same information. Some slightly different content, but the general idea is the same. The first link is from, as far as I have been able to determine, the fellow who developed- or at least published- the process. https://www.ronkent.com/techniques.php https://www.woodcraft.com/blog_entries/soap-in-your-bowl
July 25, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, lew said: Here's a couple of links for the same information. Some slightly different content, but the general idea is the same. The first link is from, as far as I have been able to determine, the fellow who developed- or at least published- the process. https://www.ronkent.com/techniques.php https://www.woodcraft.com/blog_entries/soap-in-your-bowl Thanks Lew! I'm going to give this a go. .40
July 25, 20214 yr 11 minutes ago, forty_caliber said: Thanks Lew! I'm going to give this a go. .40 I've had pretty good success with it. Usually soak for about 3 days then into shavings for a while- depending on the size. Bigger stays longer. I'm currently experimenting with a small bowl that is going to go directly from the soak to a "kiln" to see if that makes any difference.
July 25, 20214 yr I mixed up a batch of the soap mixture and put the pecan bowl in. I saw a video a while back of another Hawaiian turner that soaked his green bowls in linseed oil for a couple of weeks. They were translucent after 2nd turning. .40 Edited July 25, 20214 yr by forty_caliber Added video link.
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