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Thread: Dealing with Oak logs and limbs
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21st December 2018, 09:03 AM #16New Member
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Working my way through this pile and it looks like Xmas is going to get in the way. Painted the ends of the logs and larger limbs and there is a lot of firewood stacking up. Cut a lot of limbs into half and painted the ends for bowl turning blanks. Some smaller halves sealed and buried in saw shavings.
Samples of the different oaks turned into bowls. Photos of unfinished bowls left to dry.
I like to keep it simple so I am thinking that I will go with the Borax in a watering can and apply it after I hose down the boards.
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7th February 2019, 01:36 PM #17New Member
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IMG_4193.jpgSo much fire wood. Oak has been splitting dramatically and most of the limbs that I cut, halved and sealed are firewood. Sawn timber has collapsed dramatically along the medullar rays. 40 degree temperatures don't help but this has been exceptional shrinkage.
IMG_4205.JPGOnly success I have had so far is cutting round blanks for turning, sealing edges and covering in shavings in a rubbish bin. Need to replace shavings occasionally as mould builds up on some surfaces.
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7th February 2019, 01:48 PM #18GOLD MEMBER
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Thanks for sharing your efforts - failures and successes.
Lesson? some woods / species are very fractile and subject t such collapse due to differential shrinkage along 3 different axis.
The success comes from slowing it right down - as you did in the bin with shavngs. Some spalting may make for some interesting pieces too.
Euge
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4th April 2019, 05:58 PM #19New Member
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Continuing my experiments with processing green wood for bowl turning. I don't have time to partly turn all the blanks so I need to store them and hope they will cure without too much degradation till I am ready to work on them. Some photos of processing bowl blanks. Oak and freshly cut golden ash cut into rounds, the edges sealed, weight recorded, and placed into rubbish bins, various large garden pots and cardboard boxes and packed with wood shavings. I tried plastic bags but moisture was trapped in bags.
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5th April 2019, 09:56 AM #20Senior Member
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Frustrating ain't it, but stick with it,Richard, I admire your perseverance. It's amazing how much different timbers vary in cracking, splitting etc. and the best way to treat them. Obviously no single method works with all of the timbers available. I just use the PWC method - Paint 'em,Weigh 'em, Cross your fingers . And please continue to let us know how you are getting on - we can all learn.
Cheers, Gary
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11th April 2019, 02:58 PM #22New Member
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This mornings work involved cutting one split end of this pin oak log. After the hottest summer on record I am pleased to see by the time the log is squared up there is still about 600mm of solid wood there.
I cut off about 500mm from the end of the log and cut that up into flitches about 100 thick.
These were then cut into rounds and the edges sealed. All done by lunch time. Now just weight the rounds and bury them in shavings.
Any one wanting some green blanks of oak please let me know.IMG_4554b.jpgIMG_4556b.jpgIMG_4558b.jpg
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11th April 2019, 03:58 PM #23GOLD MEMBER
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You have handled all the risks & potential problems VERY well Richard. Lots of good advice offered by experienced members.
End coating eg of block & discs is still recommended, even if its part dry in my opinion.
Now, I hope you sell what you don't want to use and you deserve success in every way.
Looking forward to seeing some turned items from what you have recovered.
Euge
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3rd November 2019, 11:29 AM #24New Member
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Some of the work I have made this year on show at the St Arnaud Rail Station Gallery.IMG_5911.jpg
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3rd November 2019, 10:47 PM #25New Member
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15th May 2020, 10:02 AM #26New Member
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One year on and I took this piece of oak out of it’s shavings to check the progress. My scales are broken so I can't check the weight but you can see the shrinkage and the oval shape I now have, but no splits. The piece is about 75mm thick so I soon had it on the lathe. Nice to turn and finished well. No sign of moisture but I will let it sit indoors for awhile before I put a finish on it.A0C22CDF-C724-4026-A2CE-B382D8CC9A20.jpg6BD277C5-38AA-4870-AEF1-2816AA292F72.jpg
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