bikerboy
24th August 2006, 08:34 AM
well you see I have been given some logs from a chesnut tree, now I have never turned wood straight from the tree so'ta speak, I have always brought wood ready to turn from a dealer, so do I leave this wood to dry out for a year or so? or just get on and turn it.?
It is full of marbling/spalting???you know loads of black lines in the wood.
I have turned a piece just to see how it goes, and taking the outside wood off it very easy, but, when I took some wood out from the inside it is very fluffy?sorry but don't quite know how to describe it,is there some thing that I should coat the wood in before I turn it????to be able to get a better cut when taking the inside wood out,(tools are very,very sharp by the way)
Anyway, I had a play around with a small piece of this wood,sorry about the photo as it's not to good,but it might give you some idear as to what the wood looks like, after the bark has been taken off..
I can get a lot more of this wood, is it worth the trouble getting it?it is free, and worse comes to worse I can bung it on the fire:rolleyes: when winter sets in....
It is full of marbling/spalting???you know loads of black lines in the wood.
I have turned a piece just to see how it goes, and taking the outside wood off it very easy, but, when I took some wood out from the inside it is very fluffy?sorry but don't quite know how to describe it,is there some thing that I should coat the wood in before I turn it????to be able to get a better cut when taking the inside wood out,(tools are very,very sharp by the way)
Anyway, I had a play around with a small piece of this wood,sorry about the photo as it's not to good,but it might give you some idear as to what the wood looks like, after the bark has been taken off..
I can get a lot more of this wood, is it worth the trouble getting it?it is free, and worse comes to worse I can bung it on the fire:rolleyes: when winter sets in....