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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.



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21 comments so far
Bigbuck
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posted 474 days ago
Very nice, it came out great. I realy like that wood.
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TedM
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posted 474 days ago
Spectacular is the exact word for this!
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Kerux
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Wow, and the wood is excellent too!
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SPHinTampa
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Beautiful wood selection and nice bowl form.
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thetimberkid
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posted 474 days ago
Great work!
Thanks for the post
Callum
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NY_Rocking_Chairs
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posted 474 days ago
How long did you soak it in the alcohol before letting it dry? Awesome work!
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griff
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posted 474 days ago
Beautiful bowl, you did a very nice turn
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jockmike2
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Joe, that looks excellent. Keep it up. I’m learning from you now.
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brianinpa
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posted 474 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?
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dogwood
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I love the grain. Now I have to look up what turning green means.
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woodnut
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trifern, I am new to turning and would be interseted in learning the drying method you used ,and the bowl really came out beautiful.
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Douglas Bordner
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posted 474 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
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steveosshop
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Wow, I think the pictures look great. If it looks better in real life it must really be something.
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Grumpy
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Nice one Joe.
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trifern
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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.
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Karson
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Beautiful Bowl. Great job.
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trifern
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posted 473 days ago
Nice informative links, Douglas. They certainly explain the process of drying with denatured alcohol well.
-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.
Michael Brailsford
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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.
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teenagewoodworker
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wonderful! that is some extravagant grain!
jeanmarc
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all your projects are splendid very beautiful work
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Dusty56
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Absolutely gorgeous wood and turning job !!!
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