Woodturning a large walnut slab
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- This piece of walnut was a difficult piece to work on. It’s a beautiful piece wood, but the end grain cracks began to show up as I removed wood. I worked on it for days. And everyday more cracks would appear. I decided to fill the cracks with epoxy. I had so many I thought it would be best to just cover the whole thing with black epoxy and then turn the epoxy off leave the filled cracks when I was done. Well that sorta worked. When I turned it more cracks would appear. It was never ending. I decided to coat the whole piece with epoxy and just fill the cracks with clear epoxy when it was done. However the weather would not cooperate. It turned cold and has lasted for months. I decided to show the video without the epoxy coating. I’ll save that for another day. Thanks for watching the video.
Acho o seu trabalho com a madeira muito chikc show de bola mas tenho uma dúvida algum trabalho seu já deu errado ?
Oh yes, some of my work has gone very wrong. If you want to see one go wrong look at the pittosporum bowl that never became a bowl. You will see one go wrong.
Another great work of natural walnut on the turning lathe. The resin looked awesome on those darn cracks.The clear epoxy will be a great finish when it's not so cold...bundle up and keep that wood turning, Mr. Darren. Again hats off to a masterful woodturning creativity project.🤠🪓
Your pal, Shae.
Thank you Shae. Appreciate the encouragement
PLEASE no epoxy on it, it looks great natural now.
Thank you Eric, so far I haven’t gone there. It still looks great. I like more natural myself
Lovely work Darren. I turn quite a few large shallow platters and typically glue a hardwood waste block onto the base for a tenon, and a plywood piece on the top so my faceplate screws have a bit more depth to bite into.
They usually finish up about 18-20 inches diameter.
Thank you Robert, I’ll keep that in mind for next time.
You certainly have patience and a gift for turning wood. Enjoy watching you work.
Thank you Bruce. I appreciate you watching my videos
What state do you reside?
California
Amazing large piece 👌
Thank you James, appreciate your comments and for watching my videos.
It's a beautiful piece the epoxy highlighting the cracks looks good. You never mentioned any concerned about the pith. Any worries about more cracking?
Thank you Josh, it doesn’t seem to be any problems with the pith. The middle is very solid. I’ve had it for a couple months now and the cracks have stopped. The final pictures I took just a couple days ago, they were a month older the the finished product. I’ve not even had it put away. It’s been in my shop collecting dust and moisture and then drying on the days it warmed up. So I think it’s good. I’m just hoping to do an epoxy resin finish when it’s warmer. Thank you for asking great questions.
Krásná práce 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you very much. I appreciate you watching my videos.
That figure in the grain is amazing!!
Thank you Jim, I really appreciate your comments.
Beautiful piece!👍
Thank you Elias, thanks for watching my videos
Gorgeous slab!
Thank you Anduril
Thanks!
Very nice of you Shae, Thank you again for your support
Nice platter Darren. Sorry the weather and the wood didn't cooperate with your plan for this piece. Is it English walnut? Cheers, Stuart
Thank you Stuart, I’ll get to the finish sometime in the near future. And yes I believe the wood is English Walnut. I didn’t remove this tree so I am not 100 percent sure of its type. Usually everything in my area above the ground English. The Burl if it was grafted might be black walnut. I’m always looking for walnut Burl. Thanks for asking.
That is beautiful! I like your videos even more when you speak or narrate. Thanks again for sharing!
Thank you Duane. I have a friend who says the vary same thing. I’ve been working on it.
Nice work as always!
Thank you David.
Sometimes leaving the wood naturally is better.
Thank you XY Z. I’m always trying to learn something
@@darrenswoodworks8695 I meant to say “leaving” , edited