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This is my second attempt at turning green. I rough turned this 3 weeks ago, soaked it in denatured alcohol, and air dried it in brown paper bags. It is turned from blistered maple. It measures 5” tall by 8.5” wide. It is finished with Seal-A-Cell and wipe-on poly. The photos do not do this justice. The grain patterns are spectacular and appear 3D.

-- Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit.


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Bigbuck

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posted 47 days ago

Very nice, it came out great. I realy like that wood.

-- Glenn, New Mexico

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TedM

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posted 47 days ago

Spectacular is the exact word for this!

-- I'm a wood magician... I can turn fine lumber into firewood before your very eyes! - http://www.woodworkersguide.com

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Kerux

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posted 47 days ago

Wow, and the wood is excellent too!

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SPHinTampa

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posted 47 days ago

Beautiful wood selection and nice bowl form.

-- Shawn, I ask in order to learn

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thetimberkid

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posted 47 days ago

Great work!

Thanks for the post

Callum

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NY_Rocking_Chairs

183 posts in 49 days


posted 47 days ago

How long did you soak it in the alcohol before letting it dry? Awesome work!

-- Rich, WNY, www.nyrockingchairs.com

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griff

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posted 47 days ago

Beautiful bowl, you did a very nice turn

-- Mike, Bruce Mississippi = Jack of many trades master of none

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jockmike2

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posted 47 days ago

Joe, that looks excellent. Keep it up. I’m learning from you now.

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

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brianinpa

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posted 47 days ago

Great bowl. I haven’t done any green turning (yet), so I will be the first to ask: why soak in denatured alcohol?

-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.

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dogwood

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posted 47 days ago

I love the grain. Now I have to look up what turning green means.

-- I love dogs. People, not so much.

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woodnut

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posted 47 days ago

trifern, I am new to turning and would be interseted in learning the drying method you used ,and the bowl really came out beautiful.

-- F.Little

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Douglas Bordner

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posted 47 days ago

Another beauty there, Joe. Thanks also for turning us onto the DNA drying.
There are some good links out there…

http://www.woodcentral.com/articles/turning/articles_473.shtml

http://www.wnywoodturners.com/articles/alcodrying/alcodrying.htm

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

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steveosshop

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posted 47 days ago

Wow, I think the pictures look great. If it looks better in real life it must really be something.

-- Steve-o

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Grumpy

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posted 47 days ago

Nice one Joe.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

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trifern

3435 posts in 219 days


posted 47 days ago

Thanks for all the kind remarks. I appreciate them all.

This is my blog on the turning green process. I was turned on to the process from some very skilled wood turners from the turning club I recently joined. I was told that it is the way to go. My theory is that that it works similar to the brining process for meat and poultry. I think the denatured alcohol replaces the water in the wood. SInce alcohol evaporates faster than water, it speeds up the drying process. But I’m not a chemist, just an ametuer turner and it has worked so far.

This is some of the blister maple I scored a few weeks ago.

-- Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit.

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Karson

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posted 47 days ago

Beautiful Bowl. Great job.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

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trifern

3435 posts in 219 days


posted 47 days ago

Nice informative links, Douglas. They certainly explain the process of drying with denatured alcohol well.

-- Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit.

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Michael Brailsford

160 posts in 46 days


posted 45 days ago

spectacular! The only piece of equipment that I don’t have and want is a lathe. Right now I don’t know where I would shoe horn it in. When I do I might be looking for some advice.

-- Michael A. Brailsford

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teenagewoodworker

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posted 43 days ago

wonderful! that is some extravagant grain!

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jeanmarc

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posted 41 days ago

all your projects are splendid very beautiful work

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Dusty56

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posted 7 days ago

Absolutely gorgeous wood and turning job !!!

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