2021-04-11 22:45:09.133256+02 by Dan Lyke 1 comments
My first bowl turning experience! Got 3 blanks roughed out, now they'll sit in sawdust for the better part of a year, then we'll turn 'em into bowls. Thank you, Mark! A super cool and contemplative way of making sawdust.
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#Comment Re: My first bowl turning experience Got 3 made: 2021-04-14 14:30:46.550984+02 by: DaveP
Just FYI, here in NM, where the dewpoint was below zero F most of last week, I rough bowls out, and leave them sitting in open air for a week or two before finish-turning them. Sometimes they warp pretty good, and a half-inch thick wall isn’t enough to get back to round (I either try and end up destroying the bowl, or next time will maybe try finishing by hand with a gouge). But the gratification is a lot less delayed...
Also of note, my dining room table, which was manufactured in Chino, CA, then spent a dozen years in Minnesota, has cracked in multiple spots because of wood movement after moving here to Santa Fe. It’s got a hexagonal white oak top, and apparently they never considered that someone would get it to such absurdly low moisture levels. Oops.