Knowledge You Can Build On — Est. 1998
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Oscar
>I'm a relatively new turner, I've been at it for about a year and a half or a bit more.I started out making coyote calls then caught woodturning fever! I enjoy making hollow forms. Thought I'd share this piece of Box Elder burl with you. Can wait to get it finished.Danish oil, I think. Turned it green so I supose it will crack. I have my wifes flower bed stacked with Box Elder and alot of it is burl. Oscar
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Oscar
>Thanks Jorge, it wasn't as hard as I thought. Oscar
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John Lucas
>Oscar
Very nice. Just because you turned it green doesn't mean it will crack. If you turned it to an even thickness throughout you decrease the chance. Put it somewhere where it can dry more slowly. A cabinet without hear or air movement is good. John
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Jorge Castaneda ~ Downeast Maine
>Glad to be of help Oscar,
Nice work!
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Eduardo Sarmiento Hall-Lima Peru
>well nice job done there I like it
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JL
>Looks good. Remember, we have an 80 KB limit on this forum, so your pics can be larger (and easier on us poor people with bifocals).
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Brad Vietje
>Beautiful Oscar !
The very good news is that Boxelder Burl is one of the most stable woods available, at least here in the Northeast. By stable I don't mean that it won't shrink, and possibly distort, but if the thickness is relatively uniform, it is very unlikely to crack.
I can often turn a Boxelder Burl bowl and dry it with no special precautions and not get any cracks. You can even dry it only a few feet away from a woodstove, and finish it in a day or two. The straight-grain portions, if there are any, are where you have to be careful, and if a piece has both burled and straight-grain sections, wax the straight grain parts, or dry it in a bag. Something about the burled areas allows them to bend, crinkle and pucker but not crack.
Great form and a fine job !
Safe Spinning,
Brad Vietje
Thetford, VT
