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1st July 2006, 08:57 PM #1
pine, willow and soap conditioning
A couple of bowls that have responded well to the soap treatment. Both cut green last summer and spent about 4-6 weeks in the soap then air dried for about 4 weeks. No sign to date of any movement or cracking etc, both finished with shellawax.
Interesting enough the willow [ r/h bowl ] turned well and cut cleanly with a hint of fibre tear. It was cut from a mature tree, probably 20+ years old, maybe this helped :confused: .
Size of both bowls is around 10-12cm width x 7cm-10cm high or 4-5"x2.75-4" for our US friends
The real plus is the ease of slicing through soft timber after tackling various dried hard woods
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1st July 2006, 09:04 PM #2Hewer of wood
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How deep do you reckon the soaking went Hughie?
Cheers, Ern
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1st July 2006, 09:07 PM #3
Good
Nice bowls, especially like the left hand bowl, the shape of it. Care to tell us how you did the soap treatment? if you have allready told us how, a link please? Intersting enough though, the background is always just as interesting as what the object is
Nice going,
Regards........Joash
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1st July 2006, 09:22 PM #4
the one on the left gets my money.. really nice shape, it invites you to pick it up and roll it round in your hands.
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1st July 2006, 09:39 PM #5Originally Posted by Auzzie turner
Whats in the jar behind the bowl? Not some weird home brew I hope, cause youll be drinking it on your own, if it is!
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1st July 2006, 09:49 PM #6
And put the lid back on yer EEE! Stone the crows, some blokes... [shakes head]
- Andy Mc
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1st July 2006, 11:00 PM #7
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2nd July 2006, 12:37 AM #8
soap
Thanks for the encouragement.
Soap: I use the cheapest liquid dish washing liquid I could find @ $1 a litre, mix it with water one to one. Oh! gets some sented oil strong stuff, cos the brew will really stink after a few bowls :eek: it will bring the blowies from miles around other wise.
And make sure its with out any colour other wise.........
Depth: thats a hard one. But the bowls in question were cut and finished all in less that 3 months.It could have been less but I was busy, so the process was interrupted a few times. Theres no distortion and no cracking, the rough out was a lot less than the recommended 10% probably closer to 5%.
Being soft wood I would say penetration was all the way through, given I left about 12-15 mm wall thickness in the rough out stage.
Soft timber works best for me, hardwoods well.... it may the same time as air drying
Lid off: fair comment ........hangs his head and stands in the corner.
hughieInspiration exists, but it has to find you working. — Pablo Picasso
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3rd July 2006, 02:33 AM #9Woodturner
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Both are fine looking bowls, and I too favor the left one.
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4th July 2006, 12:03 PM #10
Hughie, good lookin' bowls. I like 'em both. Seems from the pic that the one on the left is thinner... but they're both really nice.
You left them in the soap a lot longer than I do, so I may give that a shot. I've been leaving mine in for 7 days... gotta get more soap. Mine stinks, that's for sure... I put a gallon of denatured alcohol in my tank every so often, to replace that pulled out by the wood. I guess that's why the flies don't come around.
Now for the yank thing: What's EEE?
Haven't been to check on the postage yet... but will, one day.
Cheers, your way.Al
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4th July 2006, 12:20 PM #11
EEE is a polishing paste that does a very fine abrasive job. It works a treat, but I tend to stay away from it if I am using wood with holes of some kind as it can fill them with a greyish muck unfortunately... HOWEVER, I certainly use it on every other piece of turning I do!
The good news is that there is also a distributor in the States.
Cam<Insert witty remark here>
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4th July 2006, 01:25 PM #12Originally Posted by CameronPotter
A soft tooth brush, paint brush or shoe polish brush works.Cliff.
If you find a post of mine that is missing a pic that you'd like to see, let me know & I'll see if I can find a copy.
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4th July 2006, 02:54 PM #13
Thanks for the info, Cam and Cliff, I'll check out the EEE.
I use Woll Wax Paste, here. It's made by Masters Magic, now; though it was invented in Amarillo, Texas.
You can wet sand with Woll Wax, or apply it with just a few drops of water, and then buff it out to a beautiful satin sheen. And then you can spray lacquer on it without cleaning off the wax, if you decide you need another coat. Something about it... good stuff, anyway.Al
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4th July 2006, 03:14 PM #14Woodturner
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Eee
Al, PSI (http://www.pennstateind.com) sells the Ubeaut brand of polishes/waxes. Just type EEE in the site search. I bought a small can of EEE, and it does do a fine job. Not sure, but the abrasive in it looks and feels like rottenstone. It works like a very fine rubbing compound.
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4th July 2006, 04:36 PM #15You've got to risk it to get the biscuit
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Originally Posted by Gil Jones
btw, nice bowls, i like the right one better...S T I R L O