Lathed candle holder

I can’t help you with the questions but I can say that this is lovely. I like the line of dark “dripping” down to the pool of dark at the bottom. It looks like candlewax to me. Nice.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Nice, great use for this wood. You should look into polyethylene glycol 1000
There are probably some wood workers here that have used it for turnings and they could tell you more about it, some like it some don’t. I have used it to stabilize burl and it has worked well. Another good link.

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3 http://www.portablesawmill.info

Well FORGET this one. Within an hour cracks appeared all over it. I believe since I used the wrong wood. I cut a maple branch off and used that. Can’t DO THAT….I have to now go find some bigger chunks and not have the middle of the tree inside it. Least that’s the conclusion we came up with tonite.
Drat. It was SO cute! There goes the idea of keeping the bark on too. Another drat.
Krum

Your candle holder looks good. YorkshireStewart made these http://lumberjocks.com/projects/3794 maybe ask him for advise.

-- Andy Stark

nothing wrong with a few cracks ! I’d coat them good with linseed oil and let ‘em airdry .. because they are candle holders, a few cracks may only add to the charm

-- keeping myself entertained

I agree.. “be one with the cracks” ... use them as part of the charm!

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

I wouldn’t give up on them either, unless the cracks split it into pieces.

There’s some stuff you can get at woodcraft called Polycryl if you can get your wood soaked in it soon enough, it will stop it from cracking. They also have some stuf called Pentecryl for green wood to stabalize it. What the Polycryl does is fill the dead cells and keeps the wood from shrinking and hence cracking. Bad side its pretty expensive. I don’t know of a cheaper place to get it. mike

-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan -

I use Anchorseal as soon as I take green wood off the lathe. I’ve had few problems with cracks. I turn it larger than I want the finished project, coat it with Anchorseal then let it dry for a few months and then turn it to final dimensions.

-- Bruce from Central New York...now, if you'll pardon me, I have some sawdust to make.

So Cathy it’s been 120 days how does it look now?

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Couldn’t do a thing with it. So I used it to turn toothpicks with it. But I have found that I can turn the green wood. And within days I can finish it. I had posted in Turned Projects and those where all turned green wood.
A tiny bit of cracking but came out after I turned. Really nothing like this one did. And the maple one is from the same tree that this was from. So no more waiting for 6 plus months to redo it and no spending big $ to get it done. And no cracking and it’s been some time now when I did them.
Krum