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This turned box represents a couple of firsts for me. This is my first time to turn anything on endgrain and with the pith left in. I found this to be fairly difficult, as the wood was on the verge of being unworkable due to that fine line between spalted and rotted. I stabilized it with minwax wood hardener. which if you’re going to use, make sure to allow at least 24 hrs to fully cure. Also, this was my first experience inlaying turquoise into anything. I was a bit worried that the stone would be death for my lathe tools, but it actually turned pretty well.
This is made from spalted oak with turquoise inlay in the inclusions and wormholes. this was a birthday gift for my mother, she was very happy with it. It was a challenging and rewarding project. thanks for looking!
-- Gridlockd
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WoodenFrog
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#1 posted 259 days ago
Nice work! Looks real nice!
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abie
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#2 posted 259 days ago
A friend of mine , a turner, regularly uses C.A. glue to harden pithy wood, especially wood like Olive with lots of veins.
works well for him.
-- Bruce. a mind is like a book it is only useful when open.
Jimbo4
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#3 posted 259 days ago
Beautiful work ! Yeah, that endgrain turning used to scare the pith outta me also. JUST GO FOR IT !
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TheDane
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#4 posted 258 days ago
Very nice! I’m looking forward to trying something like this myself.
—Gerry
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#5 posted 258 days ago
It is very beautiful. The fact that it’s for mom makes it very special.
-- Mother Nature created it, I just assemble it. - It's not ability that we often lack, but the patience to use our ability
SisQMark
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#6 posted 258 days ago
Very nice job!! I realy like the inlay work. You have made a treasure for you Mom that she will treasure for years.
Mark~
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Jim Jakosh
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#7 posted 258 days ago
Nice lidded box. Good thing you saved it from rotting to pieces. I like the turquoise fill- it give it a rich look to the spalting!!
Your mother will treasure it, for sure!!! .................Jim
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gridlockd
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#8 posted 258 days ago
thanks to all for the kind comments. Bruce – I use CA on almost every project I do to one extent or another. I LOVE the stuff! I also use is for securing cracks and such. In this piece the wood was so far gone it would have taken a quart of CA to get it workable. the minwax wood hardener works very well, i recommend it. Just give it lots of drying time! glad to know I’m not the only woodworker that swears by CA!
-- Gridlockd
Lidiya Blaznina
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#9 posted 258 days ago
Very interesting design !!!
-- Lidiya,Russia," I use wood to translate my mood".
cdbridge39
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#10 posted 258 days ago
Nice turning, I also love turning spalted wood, you never know how it’s going to turn out !
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plantek
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#11 posted 257 days ago
Very nice job.
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#12 posted 256 days ago
That piece is gorgeous. I think I have a birthday coming up if your interested :)
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