robutacion
19th March 2009, 11:57 PM
Hi Everyone,
"Wobbly bits"!
About a month ago, and while going through a few green turnings (mainly olive), I decided to cut a small log I picked-up of green Silver Wattle, make 4 small blanks out of it and turn them to finished size, stabilize them and see what they would do. This timber was very wet and very green, so sending wasn't easy but after a little while I was putting them the 400 grit. Completely soaked them in Fungishield, giving the impression that the timber would stay still(ish). It did, quite surprisingly, without any signs of any kind of movement at all, for the first 5 days (inspected every day), then certainly, I've heard these loud "cracking" sounds from the shelve where I had them stored, but even before I got close enough to grab them, I could see that something did happen since the day before. Well, I've succeeded a few times before, with this type of timber green(ish), but not this time, 2 of them have a big smile (crack), the other 2 with smaller cracks but all 4 looking like they have been through a "distortion" machine:o
Left them there until today, when I decide to clear some of the stuff on those shelves and these 4 pieces were looking pretty "sad", and without a great deal of hesitation, I started wasting some time and some epoxy glue. Was only one (elephant foot type) that had enough meat for me to try to re-shape it (round it) but in no time I lost the top half of it, as it was suppose to be a vase with a nice wide "goose neck" on it!:no: . After that, I simple cut the excess epoxy from the cracks on the other pieces, give it a quick sand, one coat of Arganoil and a bit of a rub.
Took the pics just before sun down, outside on the top of a low shed roof, before I got them inside of the house and on a dedicated display shelf called, "the nature's work!"
Maybe in 50 year from now, they will be found and displayed as "deliberate art!:oo::doh::)"
Cheers
RBTCO
"Wobbly bits"!
About a month ago, and while going through a few green turnings (mainly olive), I decided to cut a small log I picked-up of green Silver Wattle, make 4 small blanks out of it and turn them to finished size, stabilize them and see what they would do. This timber was very wet and very green, so sending wasn't easy but after a little while I was putting them the 400 grit. Completely soaked them in Fungishield, giving the impression that the timber would stay still(ish). It did, quite surprisingly, without any signs of any kind of movement at all, for the first 5 days (inspected every day), then certainly, I've heard these loud "cracking" sounds from the shelve where I had them stored, but even before I got close enough to grab them, I could see that something did happen since the day before. Well, I've succeeded a few times before, with this type of timber green(ish), but not this time, 2 of them have a big smile (crack), the other 2 with smaller cracks but all 4 looking like they have been through a "distortion" machine:o
Left them there until today, when I decide to clear some of the stuff on those shelves and these 4 pieces were looking pretty "sad", and without a great deal of hesitation, I started wasting some time and some epoxy glue. Was only one (elephant foot type) that had enough meat for me to try to re-shape it (round it) but in no time I lost the top half of it, as it was suppose to be a vase with a nice wide "goose neck" on it!:no: . After that, I simple cut the excess epoxy from the cracks on the other pieces, give it a quick sand, one coat of Arganoil and a bit of a rub.
Took the pics just before sun down, outside on the top of a low shed roof, before I got them inside of the house and on a dedicated display shelf called, "the nature's work!"
Maybe in 50 year from now, they will be found and displayed as "deliberate art!:oo::doh::)"
Cheers
RBTCO