Weeping Cherry Plate

BULLWINKLE said:

Beautiful work. The wood is nothing short of spectacular. Ordinarily, I wouldn't take that much trouble on a single project but this one was definitely worth it !!!

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derekdd said:

Never heard of a weeping cherry before.

Lovely piece of timber.

Nice work.

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Mortalis said:

Thank you,
Since I retired, I have time to do these types of things. I like the challenge and seems like eveytime I save one of these pieces it turns out to be spectacular and I was glad I spent the time.

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1080Wayne said:

That has gorgeous grain ! Well worth the time and effort spent when you end up with a piece looking like that . Personally , I would keep to the plates rather than go to bowls , as a way to maximize the number of pieces I could get out of it .

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Mortalis said:

Took down a smallish Weeping Cherry in the backyard. The trunk was about 17" diameter so, I decided I'd do it proud by at least creating some beautiful turnings from it. The graining is crazy and I can't wait to turn a bowl.
Anyways, here is a 7" plate that I twice turned. After the first turning (Roughing) I dried the roughed out piece in my small convection oven I use for stabilizing. When I did that the bowl developed some gi-normous cracks and was a bit punky. I stabilized it, colored some epoxy and filled the crack(s) then second turned it.
Was a lot of work but all it cost was time and some stabilizing solution.
Let me know what ya'all think!

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1080Wayne said:

That has gorgeous grain ! Well worth the time and effort spent when you end up with a piece looking like that . Personally , I would keep to the plates rather than go to bowls , as a way to maximize the number of pieces I could get out of it .

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BULLWINKLE said:

The only wood that I have ever seen that comes close to that is sinker Cypress. Unfortunately it is cost prohibitive and extremely hard to work with. The top for that table is $4,000. The photo is from the internet not much mine way out of my price range View attachment 355843. I'm retired also. Guess I am lazier in my old age.

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