Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
turning green pecan
Will "Pecanman" Jeffords
>I am very new to this, but lucked into some pecan that I have started attempting bowls on. It's pretty wood with some curl and "spaltish"-looking fungal stuff. I read the "keep it wet" threads here and have tried the soap thing, but think that the best thing might be to carefully air dry as I have gotten a lot of massive movement and some cracking. If anyone has pecan related advice on drying, turning, finishing, or else please advise. thanks, Will
Re: turning green pecan
Steve Worcester
>Pecan will respond well to boiling and air drying, but I am not a fan of soaping. I prefer to twice turn. Turn once green, leave thick, then I coat with anchorseal and leave for about 9-12 months. I then return to final shape and thickness. Be forewarned, we don't call it Pecancrete for nothin.
It can be pretty wood, closer to the base the more red streaks and inclusions in it.
Steve Worcester
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Re: turning green pecan
Will J.
>Steve, thanks for the info. I'll likely rough out 3 or 4 bowls and try my hand at boiling, but endseal the rest of my logs and get busy ;) air drying them. I hadn't heard pecancrete yet, that's good! I find it part of the beauty of this wood that it looks very soft, but is actually rock hard. One more question - has anyone been successful with natural edge pecan bowls? Seems hard to keep that edge from separating and/or cracking off.
Round we go,
Will