Submerge Blanks?

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RevDoug

>Was looking through somebody's web-site the other day and saw where he stores whole tree trunks in a pond he's built for the purpose. When he's ready to turn a piece, he drags one end of the desired log out, cuts off what he wants, and drags the rest of the log back into the pond. You should be fine, but I'm sure others will have various thoughts.

Turn 'em round,

RevDoug


Wood Spun Round

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Dick Hines

>Coat them with end grain sealer.

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jared

>I often put blanks in a garbage bag, tie the bag up and put it on the floor of my shop. Long term it will get moldy but a week or two has not bothered. I also have an old refridgerator in the garage that I sometimes store blanks in. I just put them in garbage bag. Some I freeze and some I just put in the refridgerator compartment. I have never coated them before I do either method and the only problem I ever had was with a couple of crotch ash blanks from a tree that had been dead for a couple of years ago. THey developed small cracks so I didnt use them. jared

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keith zimmerman, Normal, IL

>I normally keep my blanks in plastic storage containers after sealing them with Anchorseal.

keithz

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Don Orr

>A guy in our club puts some of his smaller wood like limbs and crotches right in a stream behind his house til he wants to use them. He puts them in lengthwise with the current and says it actually helps wash out the sap over time so they dry better. Don't know if this is true or really works but he says it does. Coating with anchorseal works fairly well also. I like the idea of using a refrigerator too. What ever slows down the drying process is what matters.

Have fun and good luck.

Don

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Dustmaker Mike

>You will get wet while turning them.

The large Sawmills up here in the PNW use holding ponds all the time. I don't see why it won't work for you. Isn't there a company that dives down in the Great Lakes and pulls old growth trees up and they are fine.

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Jim Pugh in Elyria, OH

>Hi Brian,

I am a near neighbor to your east and suggest, as did someone else, that for a few weeks, a garbage bag will work just fine. You might want to check them on occasion.

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Bill Hale

>Brian For two or three weeks just put them in plastic bags, tie the tops and put them in the shop. You will get a little mold but just wash that of prior to turning. If you don't get to them in this time period, take them out and anchor seal the ends, then back in the bags.

Good turning and be safe

Bill

Works fine.

John Cotten

>I a couple of blanks that have been submerged in a 33 gal trash can for more than a year.

I have used this method for several years, and never have had a problem with mold or checking.

The sink will be better than a trash bag, and you do not want to use anchorseal.

As mentioned it will be very wet when you start t turn them.

Ideally you want to get them submerged within asap after they are cut. You are keeping the blanks hydradated. The long you wait, the more likely the outer cells will harden off.

I first learned from submerging bowl blanks from Rude Osolnik visiting his shop some years ago.

Hey Jim...

Brian Gray in Sandusky, OH

>I tried to send you an email, and it came back undeliverable....

I have some questions about local ww'ing happenings....send me an email, if you don't mind...

(I will be in out of town all next week, so if I don't respond immediately, I'm not being rude....)

Thanks

bg

thanks...

Brian Gray in Sandusky, OH

>keep the responses coming, but i think that I got my questions pretty well answered....

the only downside is that I'll get a light shower when turning, but I'll just clean up the lathe and myself afterwards....

Thanks, all..

bg

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Jim Pugh in Elyria, OH

>Darn, I recently changed internet providers and thought I had caught all my email locations....sorry about that. I'll email you direct anyway.