Apple turnings, for the apple festival

Re: Apple turnings, for the apple festival

Lea Lysett

>VERY NICE! What finish?

Re: Apple turnings, for the apple festival

Dominic Greco at home in Richboro, PA

>Mike,

The apple bowls/platters look astounding! I'd be hard pressed to say when I've seen bowls that look more "inviting" to hold. They are sure to sell well.

I really love the color of that wood. I have some apple sitting in the backyard waiting to be cut up. But for some reason, it doesn't have half the color or character of the wood posted here (a feature of that particular species maybe?).

See ya around,

Dominic

Re: Apple turnings, for the apple festival

Jennifer@Indy.USA

>Hi Mike,

What a great assortment of turnings. I love them all together in this picture. Apple is such a pretty wood. Very nice!

Jen

Re: Apple turnings, for the apple festival

Mike Schwing from Md.

>Thank you Lea. Sorry I left that out. Most were sanded to 600 and then soaked with walnut oil, then coated with a beeswax/walnut oil mixture. Man can those things soak up oil.

Some of them were finishing "experiments" using lacquer or shellac, but the oil worked best.

Re: Apple turnings, for the apple festival

Kevin Gerstenecker

>WOW Mike, those are outstanding! I am planning to visit a country, family owned Orchard near me that dozes out a bunch of old, large apple trees every winter. Hopefully, I can gain access to harvest some Apple wood. They usually just push it into piles and burn it! 8-( The color contrast is spectacular in your turnings Mike.....I am sure those will sell very well. Once again, excellent work Mike.........thanks for sharing those with us!

Re: Apple turnings, for the apple festival

Terry Quiram

>Mike

Maybe I will take another stab at some Apple. I just threw 2 roughed pieces in the burn box because they split clean across the bottom. I have a love/hate relationship with Apple. Your bowls are very nice. I really like the one in front.

Terry

Re: Apple turnings, for the apple festival

Mark Kauder. Phenix City, AL

>Fantastic, Mike - as we are getting very used to from you.

Mark

Re: Apple turnings, for the apple festival

Whit Ballantine

>Indeed, those some stunning bowls, Mike. I really like Apple for the contrast between the heartwood and the sapwood. From the sound of this thread you all are rough turning it, letting dry and then finish turning it, My approach is to turn it green to final shape and dimension. As commented, it really does warp, but I welcome that. As long as I keep the wall thickness very consistent and fairly thin I get almost no cracking. My customers seem to like it done this way. I sold every piece of Apple I had this past summer.

Whit

Re: Apple turnings, for the apple festival

Ted Calver

>Sweet!! You chose your apple wisely and took care of the blanks. The results show in your excellent work. But not all apple is created equal. I harvest buldozed apple in the Biglerville area of PA almost every year and some, depending on the species and growing conditions is almost 90 percent sapwood with very little visual interest. The first time I hauled a truckload of sapwood back to VA, I was really disappointed in the results. If folks are planning on turning stunning bowls like yours, they need to look for the trees with a high percentage of heartwood.

Ted

Re: Apple turnings, for the apple festival

Mike Schwing from Md.

>Thanks Ted, that is neat that you dozed those same fields in Biglerville. These were very big old trees that were pushed over in late fall/early winter. They lived way up on top of a big hill. The orchard owner, wish I could recall his name, said they don't plant that kind of tree anymore because the smaller ones bear more fruit.

Re: Apple turnings, for the apple festival

Randy

>I agree, those have a very warm and inviting look to them. They look very very nice and I'm sure they will sell quickly for you. I really like them