Is this turning blank any good?

here is the other side

Tom Sontag - St. Louis

>Here you can see what I think are shallow checks (faint white lines on face):

Looks fine to me

steve antonucci

>If you turn a bowl, just hollow on the checked side. If you make a hollowform (which is what I'd do), I would probably turn it round first, and then fill any checks with thick CA (and sawdust if necessary.)

Looks like a good opportunity to try something new.

Steve

Re: Looks fine to me

adrien

>A check or crack is just that -- an open space. Those white lines look like solid wood, part of the spalting.

Re: Is this turning blank any good?

Sam Simpson

>Hi Y'all,

Tom, if it where me I would try to stabilize it before turning it.

One of the favorite materials for doing that is epoxy. It works very well, but the draw back might be, if you decide after the turning is complete, that you might prefer the work without the epoxy infill.

For such cases there is an alternative. It is called Paraloid B72. It is an acrylic resin purchased in bead form and melted into a variety of vehicles. And can be injected in place in the same manner as epoxy. It will be as permanent as you choose for it to be. It is not as dense as it's Plexiglas cousin, but it can be softened by whatever vehicle it was originally suspended in. This can be anything from Turpentine across the spectrum to acetone.

So, the bottom line is. If you chose to go the Paraloid B72 route, you will be able to stabilize the piece in a permanent fashion, or remove the B72 at any point if the resulting turning would seem to benefit by it's removal.

Since the removal is accomplished by soaking the item in thinner (vehicle) it is best to use a thinner that is least invasive to the wood. I would probably choose one of the hotter ones like Acetone. However, with a little planning, it can be seen that if the item were to be finished in Lacquer, then a choice of naphtha would be a better vehicle, since the lacquer finish would be left unharmed by the removal of the B72 in Naptha.

As for supply? I think I saw that product available through Homestead finishing. ( Jeff Jewit) (might be wrong on that)? But certainly a Google search will bring it up.

Regards Sam Simpson.

Re: Is this turning blank any good?

David Hammond, in Powder Springs GA

>I think I would do something to those cracks before turning, as has been suggested - if nothing else, soak some thin CA into the cracks. Those white lines look like to me, from here, wind shake, which is often found in cherry. If there happens to be a lot of wind shake in a bowl, it could come apart - don't ask why I know that. Just go easy; I'd certianly turn the peice, just watch those cracks, and listen carefully while you turn.

David

It's Junk

Ric Taylor

>You should get rid of it. Email me for my shipping address.