Month: June 2007

Drying wood in Utah

I will be eternally interested in the science ….. no …… make that, ART of drying wood. I have tried most of the formulas like SOAP-ALCHOHOL-PLASTIC BAGS-SHAVINGS. The simplified results are: SOAP: inconclusive, most seemed to work, but takes a big vat. Nice lubrication qualities. ALCHOHOL: some success, liquid needs filtering after each soaking or …

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Big bowls

I completed a large ash bowl for my sister in Fla. It featured a natural finish on the outside with a dyed Burgundy interior. The internal dying process I got off the web worked well. I delivered the bowl to my sister and she was delighted. Click this link to view the Ash bowl A …

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Spun Coffee Cup

Now that I have the constructed all my tools, formulated lubrication and have a stack of scrap metal behind me I continue to bravely attack one aluminum disk after another. It doesn’t help that I do this intermittently between all my other turning projects. 007 Moonraker ipod Breathing Room psp Young Frankenstein move My intention …

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I will continualling post my projects and their progress in this blog. Warning my focus shifts with each magazine, link, blog and book that I read. So many round things to turn …… so little time. Fugitive Pieces ipod download Trapped Great Bear Rainforest ipod