Some thing a little different for me. Pics.

Re: Some thing a little different for me. Pics.

Rodney Jenkins

>That's a unique piece. Have you turned much apple? Is thin required to avoid splitting? I've had the "splitting" experience with Pear, but the one piece I've done is one of my favorites. Wondered if Apple is of the same genre as to grain structure/patterns.

Rodney

Re: Some thing a little different for me. Pics.

Mike Schwing from Md.

>Totally love that Dave! I turn a lot of apple, in fact, I have a square bowl sitting on my desk at work thats warped just as yours is.

Its great fun to turn stuff that will take on a shape of its own. The Del Stubs video shows him turning a piece of apple so thin that it crumbles and folds, but when spun up flattens out like a sail in the wind.

That apple cracks pretty easily doesn't it? Unless I finish it right away, even thin apple will crack. I've had some luck.

Hey!!!! What timing!!!! While I'm writing this one of my work buddies that lives up in the apple fields near Gettysburg called. He said they cut down a few trees yesterday and they're 3-4' in diameter. Guess where I'm going Sunday?

Re: Some thing a little different for me. Pics.

Mike Rubes

>Hi Dave,

That is really neat! How was the apple to turn? I like the uniqueness of your piece.

Mike

Apples, peaches, pumpkin pie, who's not ready, holler "I" in Apex, NC!

All fruit woods are in the rose family.

Dave Smith - Longview, WA

>Hi Rodney,

All the fruit woods are notorious for splitting and deforming. I turned this piece from green wood to final shape in one session. It was a good learning experience and it didn't turn out too badly. As for cracking in fruit wood, sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't. I have my own methods for trying to prevent cracking. There are more experienced turners on this forum that can give you better advise than I can.

I like turning fruit woods. Plum is especially beautiful wood. When people ask me what kind of would I am interested in my first responce is, any fruit wood. Holly and dogwood are the other trees I lust after.

Dave Smith

Repairing an RV roof leak in Longview, WA.