New Round of Green Turnings

[Askland09]

Little update from the load of walnut I picked up. Two little dishes/bowls from one of the logs. 
 

The one on the left is more straight walled and will be either a decorative dish or catch all tray. One on the right will be more of a traditional shallow bowl. Now we play the old 5 month waiting game to get them dried out. 
 

Learned that walnut is SIGNIFICANTLY easier to turn than the white oak I started practicing with. The shavings just glide off.

[wtnhighlander]

The swirl of light and dark grain is going to be lovely when those are finished! Let's hope they dry well.

[Askland09]

On 7/2/2022 at 10:55 PM, wtnhighlander said:

The swirl of light and dark grain is going to be lovely when those are finished! Let's hope they dry well.

I thought so as well. I thought about avoiding most of the sap wood but after the first one got off the lathe I decided they were pretty cool. They both got a coat of tree saver and put into my little “kiln” so they should*** be ok but we’ll see here in about month or two 

[Askland09]

Round #2 

These 8 bowls went from wet branches/logs to first turnings in about 4 hours