Zed
31st July 2003, 02:04 PM
G'day,
Just went to a place called "the woodworks" in Sydney to buy a blank for my turning class, 2 comments :
1) Geez! blanks are expensive!! ($38 for a 4" thick bit of camphour laurel about 20cm round!)
2) Why is end grain sealed with a waxy substance ? is this to stop it drying out ? if so why ?
I understand that wood is easier to turn if its green but if / when you turn something up and it drys it cracks anyway, so is it not best to just get dry wood and put up with the harder work ?
I've got some nice cypress pine that i'm gunna blank up and use but its still green. When I mentioned this to the instructor he said I should seal the end grain and then I could go for it.. why bother sealing something up if im just gunna turn it straight away anyways ?
I've read in AWR that you should rough turn a green bowl, leave it aside to dry and then finish up when its dry.
Comments anyone ?
Just went to a place called "the woodworks" in Sydney to buy a blank for my turning class, 2 comments :
1) Geez! blanks are expensive!! ($38 for a 4" thick bit of camphour laurel about 20cm round!)
2) Why is end grain sealed with a waxy substance ? is this to stop it drying out ? if so why ?
I understand that wood is easier to turn if its green but if / when you turn something up and it drys it cracks anyway, so is it not best to just get dry wood and put up with the harder work ?
I've got some nice cypress pine that i'm gunna blank up and use but its still green. When I mentioned this to the instructor he said I should seal the end grain and then I could go for it.. why bother sealing something up if im just gunna turn it straight away anyways ?
I've read in AWR that you should rough turn a green bowl, leave it aside to dry and then finish up when its dry.
Comments anyone ?