Fall follage on a cherry blank from Waco....

[Phillip Kelley]

While in Waco at the S.W.A.T. symposium, I bought a piece of cherry, totally encased in wax. ......I assummed it was going to be fairly dry....
wrong...not...As soon as I made the first pass across the wax, the water
started loading up and running down the gouge...this was the "wet-est"
piece of wood I have ever turned! But, it turned great! lol It was so
wet that it loaded up sandpaper very quicky, so I decided to dry it in the micro-wave....It warped a little, shrunk 1/4" in 1 direction & 3/4" across the grain! I am definitely not an artist, but on a whim, I dyed it a little bit with ink & alchohol....the wife don't even like it (not unusual) but I do
so I named it Fall Follage!:cowboy:

 

[BlackbuttWA]

I couldn't work out the meaning of the title.
Do you mean foliage ? as in leaves etc.

Col

 

[jaeger]

Did you turn it more , after you dried it, before staining?

Sent from my iPhone using Forum Runner

 

[Phillip Kelley]

Oh, that pesky keyboard!

Yes, foilage, as in leaves! lol Even ol' Webster cringed at that one!:cowboy:

I couldn't work out the meaning of the title.
Do you mean foliage ? as in leaves etc.

Col

 

[Phillip Kelley]

Warped tenon too!

No the tenon was elongated also, so I just hand sanded it some and started applying the dye! I am going to finish it with 3 thin coats of
Min-wax polyurethane gloss, it only hs one coat now....

Did you turn it more , after you dried it, before staining?

Sent from my iPhone using Forum Runner

 

[SDB777]

I turned a piece of green Cherry once, got pretty wet from the splatter....but your right, it turned like butter!

I'm guessing you decided not to go the DNA route....was wondering why?





Scott (cool dye job though) B