i love donuts

turningfool · April 26, 2008, 06:48:27 PM

finally got one of my larger box elder donut shaped hollow forms on it way to being finished heres what it looks like thus far..its approx.25" in dia.

getoverit · April 26, 2008, 08:49:58 PM

WOW thats a BIG bowl!

Good job!

Nate Surveyor · April 26, 2008, 09:36:40 PM

Is that for real, a piece of turned wood?

REAL NICE if it is!

(PS, I did not grow up in the wood working side of town)

N

metalspinner · April 26, 2008, 10:07:01 PM

That is cool! It looks celestial.

turningfool · April 27, 2008, 07:10:01 AM

it has a few minor checks in the bottom but i couldnt find it in me to just toss out that color,drying entire end grain log sections is a challenge,but..i'm learning

SwampDonkey · April 27, 2008, 10:44:58 AM

Looks nice, and it has kept it's color to.

TexasTimbers · April 27, 2008, 01:10:40 PM

That's nice Tom! Even if it's a bit extravagant for a cell phone holder. ;D

Patty · April 27, 2008, 04:01:32 PM

That is really beautiful. The box elder that TT sells is awesome. I can't wait to get the new shop done so we can get to all our projects that are stacking up.

Today I finished the wiring while Norm insulated. In two weeks we will have sheetrock. 8)

Jeff · April 27, 2008, 05:12:24 PM

Quote from: Patty on April 27, 2008, 04:01:32 PM
In two weeks we will have sheetrock.

Pepto-Bismo usually helps me when I get that.

turningfool · April 28, 2008, 07:03:09 AM

thank you all for the compliments..tried the pepto bismal jeff.but knew that wouldnt help..i rarely pitch any kind of wood

..just ask my neighbors...lol..will post pics of the 30" donut here as soon as its in its finishing stages

TexasTimbers · April 28, 2008, 08:36:29 AM

Quote from: Patty on April 27, 2008, 04:01:32 PM. . . I can't wait to get the new shop done . . .

Patty I'm gonna start hanging out with you . . . I won't feel so bad about all my unfinished projects. :D

Jeff no one can accuse you of being defecient in the wit and sharp humor department. That was funny. Had you been born British I am certain you'd have been in MPFC.

Lud · April 28, 2008, 07:46:13 PM

What kind of lathe are you turning that size on and at what speed? My old cast iron monster won't spin outboard and I'm considering investing.......

Nice looking work.........

turningfool · April 28, 2008, 09:26:15 PM

lud,i turned the donut on a teknatool lathe with an outboard attatchment..and thanks..love to colors in the "weed" tree

Lud · May 02, 2008, 11:04:33 PM

I'll check them out. Was that a cookie of box elder to get the stripe? Dried or green?

It does seem that sawmills and lathes go together.

turningfool · May 03, 2008, 06:20:24 PM

lud..it started out as a20x27"log,i just hacked off a chunk ,anchor sealed it and pre-turned it about a week later and then anchor sealed it again,it sat for a year before i got back into it..as far as tho color goes,it had lots of it radially which i think is fairly common around my neck of the woods..it seems like the bigger they get the more colorful they are,trick is gettin to them before they get punky ;D

SwampDonkey · May 04, 2008, 04:43:31 AM

Yea, my grandfather cut one down he thought was hollow, but it was still good and had that red heartwood. Was afraid it might fall on the house in a wind. It was quite big, relatively speaking.

Lud · July 30, 2008, 08:22:11 AM

So I got the Teknatool DVR-XP for my birthday present. in June.
Have turned more than a dozen items since.
Trying the brown bag drying method. Microwave seemed to warp a small one too much.
Read about boiling them yesterday. Anyone tried that?
Haven't tried a donut yet but did a 20" platter the last few days.

Women seem to like wood bowls ,
have you noticed? :D

(Yeah, I know, post pics, will try asap)

Burlkraft · August 06, 2008, 08:05:15 AM

Boiling works well with some woods, destroys others. Right now I been usin' Pentacryl. That works OK.

I am working on a small vacuum kiln which is the real answer. As soon as the house project is done the kiln is on the top of the list. ;D ;D ;D

TexasTimbers · August 07, 2008, 10:26:28 AM

Steve,

I wish you would start a how-to thread on that vaccum kiln. Never mind it may likely prove to be an ongoing trial and error discovery at best, or an outright fiasco at worse. In fact, all the better.

It will likely work quite well even and then we'd all be able to consider it. Man I need one in the worst way, and I mean bad. Den did get me out of a jamb a couple months ago and dried something for me that turned out perfect, but Den is a pro and has a gazillion dollar setup..

My demand from niche markets - especially the luthier market is about take all the stock I can provide I am going to have to quit selling to turners at some point. My inability to dry this stuff expediently as it comes off the stump is a big hinderance to me. This species does not store well off the stump, and the turners gobble it up wet so that the niche markets cannot get any dry because I cannot keep it. Some cannot use it unless it's dry.

I hope you will seriously consider doing a thread on it, and not wait until you are done and have worked all the bugs out. A couple of us could be buidling and tinkering right along side and maybe get it tweaked alot sooner that way. C'mon now, no excuses. Get that house done, and the notepad & camera dusted off!