Soap Soak for easier turning
Tim conlon
>Tell the tree men you will give them a place to dump for free. They will bring you more than enough wood.
I came across this link that describes the technique of soaking the turning blank in a solution of water and dish detergent. Check it out
http://www.woodcraft.com/articles.aspx?articleid=313
http://groups.msn.com/WorldofWoodturners/processinggreentimber.msnw
Soap in Your Bowl
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By: Ernie Conover
From: Woodcraft
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A process discovered by Hawaiian woodturner Ron Kent often
allows better turning of bowls from green wood. Specifically,
soaking rough turned bowls in a simple solution of one-sixth
concentrated dishwashing detergent greatly aids in turning,
reducing tear out from the tools and greatly reducing checking
in the final drying.
The soap process does not really use soap at all: instead dish
detergent is what works, but ‘detergent bowls’ does not
sound as cool. The detergent process is the subject of much
discussion among Internet groups and was the subject of an
article in the Spring 2002 issue of the American Association of
Woodturner’s Journal by Ron Kent and Phil Wall. (AAW is a
worthwhile organization for anyone interested in woodturning.
Their Journal, which comes four times a year, is worth the price
of admission. To learn more go to www.woodturner.org/. To read
Ron’s interesting description of how he discovered the process
please go to his website at www.ronkent.com/ and click on the
“Techniques” tab.
