Popular Post Askland09 Posted April 16, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 16, 2022 Just pictures of my trial bowls after doing some green turning. And my goodness did they not have a great time lol. I knew very well that they would crack without any sort of treatment or being dried but I wanted to see how much, for….science? Maybe? This after about a month and a half to two months of setting inside without any treatments or finish. All in all, a great success in achieving some working knowledge. Cheers! Luke 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RichardA Posted April 16, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 16, 2022 Good experiences often just crack you up! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Beasley Posted April 16, 2022 Report Share Posted April 16, 2022 Thats red oak, right? That stuff is bad about that and needs to be turned pretty thin from the get go to not crack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robby W Posted April 16, 2022 Report Share Posted April 16, 2022 Would putting it in a paper bag have helped it to dry more slowly and evenly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Beasley Posted April 16, 2022 Report Share Posted April 16, 2022 It helps. You didnt have it bagged? Definitely a death sentence for red oak. Something you might want to try is drop the piece in a bucket of water for a while and see if the cracks close. If they do blow out the water and wick some glue into it and see if it holds when you dry it in a bag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Askland09 Posted April 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2022 On 4/16/2022 at 6:10 PM, Gary Beasley said: It helps. You didnt have it bagged? Definitely a death sentence for red oak. Something you might want to try is drop the piece in a bucket of water for a while and see if the cracks close. If they do blow out the water and wick some glue into it and see if it holds when you dry it in a bag. It’s white oak. And no I didn’t bag it because it was a legit practice piece and I wanted to see how bad it would crack and all that stuff for my knowledge going forward. It came from a fallen branch in my back yard after a small ice storm so I wasn’t too disappointed or anything with it cracking. It also helps it was the first piece I turned and was completely expecting it go haywire. All in all a win for me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnG Posted April 17, 2022 Report Share Posted April 17, 2022 If you don’t want to bag it or otherwise manage the moisture content, take it down to final thickness. It’ll go out of round but that will give it a chance to not crack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Askland09 Posted April 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2022 On 4/16/2022 at 8:23 PM, JohnG said: If you don’t want to bag it or otherwise manage the moisture content, take it down to final thickness. It’ll go out of round but that will give it a chance to not crack. It’s not that I don’t want to bag it or keep it from cracking. I’ve recently bought some wax sealant and a plethora of brown paper sacks. This piece was more of just getting to know how every thing reacts and testing out my tools on green lumber vs dried pieces. All in all an experiment piece. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted April 17, 2022 Report Share Posted April 17, 2022 Another factor in your experiment was that the pith was included in the base. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phinds Posted April 19, 2022 Report Share Posted April 19, 2022 The truncated rays in the second pic are a sure sign of reaction wood so you had that going against you in addition to it just being green. http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/_discussion_truncatedrays.htm 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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