Ash bowls dried in a micro-wave before finishing.

Beautiful looking bowls, I honesty never heard of putting them in the microwave,neat idea.

-- Martin ....always count the number of fingers you have before, and after using the saw.

Did this leave a smell in the microwave? I have heard some say it does but it may be the diff woods don’t know as I have been scared to use the wife’s MW to try.

-- Dewayne in Bainbridge, Ga. - - No one can make you mad. Only you decide when you get mad - -

Dewayne – she was out shopping at the time!
Only joking. No bad smell. I think the trick is not to burn them. 20sec’s per go is enough.

-- A family man has photos in his wallet where his money used to be.

Nice job Murch, it’s always nice to try different methods, I was always told that the trick with thr micro wave is to use the Defrost function in 30 sec bursts with a similar break between that way you can’t realy over cook the timber.
Well done :)
Pete

-- Pete G: If you always do what you always did you'll always get what you always got

I bought a cheepie 99 dollar microwave to do this in the shop It works well i am glad you said 20 seconds as i have been doing 30 seconds on medium high is that the same setting your using i would just as soon watch one crack in the microwave as in the box of shavings i keep most of my rough outs in Edit I forgot to say I love the bowls

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Dude – I was using the high setting.

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What is the wattage of the MW you guys are using? I have a small $99 one I used to use at werk that I am going to get up from the basement and try.

-- Dewayne in Bainbridge, Ga. - - No one can make you mad. Only you decide when you get mad - -

I was told and have had more success on medium heat so i will stick with that

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Dewayne – the one we have is an 850 watt.

-- A family man has photos in his wallet where his money used to be.