Thread: the olive boll

didnt mean i was giving it to you
I meant what can i do with it myself.?
I may offer it to one of the many thoughtful blokes who have offered to make me a little somthing in return as i said the living tree had some sentimental value.
astrid

hopefully it has lots of bulges and corrigations on the outside. The gnarlier it is the better the figure will be. It would want to have at least some greeny/grey/yellow heartwood because the sapwood by itself can be a bit plain. Drying without severe cracking involves cutting it up asap into smaller pieces( at least into 1/4ers) sealing the whole peice, keep it out of the sun and wind in a plastic bag.... and hope for the best. It is tempramental stuff the olive, look at it the wrong way and it'll crack on you!

I stripped the bark from a bit of a root, it seems to have some nice figuring.
should i cut it into quarters wont this mean smaller products. not knowing how much you have to trim off before you can work it, we could end up with napkin rings, a nice but obsolite artical,
I want to know if i can carve this green,
if someone is in the SE subs maybe they can swing past give it a lookover and share,
astrid

Originally Posted by astrid

... should i cut it into quarters ...

I want to know if i can carve this green...

Astrid, it is really too small for milling and if you carve it now chances are it will crack badly. You say you do restorations, probably your best bet is to saw it into veneers or thin (5-10 mm) slabs and put it away for drying.
If Rolls Royce does it, you can too!