Box Elder Vase

[Gary Max]

Made this small vase yesterday afternoon---10 1/2 inchs tall ---Danish oil finish for now.

 

[holmqer]

Nice, I'm working on a Box Elder bowl at the moment, and am having my usual problems with Box Elder, cracking, moving a lot etc. I love the look of it, but hate turning it.

 

[Gary Max]

This stuff is VERY dry---it doesn't move but you really have to be careful of tear out.
I spent a hour sanding this on the lathe and went all the way to 400.
I used one of Kens new round cutters yesterday on the inside walls to see how it would perfrom.
Next test will be something real hard. So far I am happy with his tools.

 

[Rick_G]

Nice Gary. We took down a box elder here a couple years ago. I don't think there was that much colour in the whole tree. Nice to get a piece of wood like that.

 

[Gary Max]

The Red is not in very Box Elder tree.

 

[JerrySambrook]

The red is caused by infestation, sort of like ambrosia in a normal maple tree

 

[bitshird]

That's some pretty wood, Nice vase Gary Box Elder can be kind of tricky to keep the red on, but even when it turns brown which unless it sits in a window will take a while it still looks nice,

I take it the inserts worked.

 

[Gary Max]

Ken any one who would set a wood vase in a window needs to be horse wipped anyway-----Dang my keyboard didn't really say that ----Did it???????

 

[bitshird]

Gary, you haven't been to McNairy County have you, if you come bring extra whips:biggrin::biggrin:

 

[Mrs Rojo22]

Nice!

Robin

 

[hunter-27]

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Ken any one who would set a wood vase in a window needs to be horse wipped anyway-----Dang my keyboard didn't really say that ----Did it???????