Hello Frank, it's interesting to see how you process your wood and roughly turn it into shape and then seal the wood, I like that.👍👍 I was quite proud of the cherry logs I recently acquired and cored into rough turned bowls, until I saw what kind of cherry crotch piece you are working with. Cheers, Hans Stay safe and keep turning
Thanks Jim, yes, cherry is one of my favorites, but there's lots of nice wood in your area I am sure. I am going to finish up the smaller apple crotches first, while the cherry dries out, hopefully witout any cracks
Thanks for the note. It's in the kiln now, but I would say the dia is around 20" I think. As for starting weight, I would just have to guess something like 30 lbs or more. I don't really weight pieces like that, so this is just a guess.
Why didn't you just trim these crotches down to 8/4 with your chainsaw? It seems counterproductive to spend all of that time with the laths to accomplish the same thing.
Thanks. There was only one piece that I turned that thin - the largest Y shaped piece and yes you are correct, I should have just done another saw cut on that one after I decided to make it more like a thin charcuterie type piece. I would have been able to get two pieces out of it and save all those shavings from just ending up on the floor. Oh well, now I know better for next time. All the other pieces I roughed out are full depth of the wood, so I would not have cut these thinner.
Hello Frank, it's interesting to see how you process your wood and roughly turn it into shape and then seal the wood, I like that.👍👍
I was quite proud of the cherry logs I recently acquired and cored into rough turned bowls, until I saw what kind of cherry crotch piece you are working with. Cheers, Hans
Stay safe and keep turning
Thanks, yes cherry is always great to work with no matter what the shape is… either log or crotch pieces
You are an artist my friend 🎉😊🇵🇹👍
Thanks, I try to do what I can to make interesting looking pieces
Excellent work Frank
Very nice I look forward to the next video.
thanks
I don’t get any cherry down here in Arizona. Those big crotch pieces are going to be really nice. I’m looking forward to seeing them.
Thanks Jim, yes, cherry is one of my favorites, but there's lots of nice wood in your area I am sure. I am going to finish up the smaller apple crotches first, while the cherry dries out, hopefully witout any cracks
What is the diameter of the heart-shaped and the weight that it was starting the turning?
Thanks for the note. It's in the kiln now, but I would say the dia is around 20" I think. As for starting weight, I would just have to guess something like 30 lbs or more. I don't really weight pieces like that, so this is just a guess.
Great!
Thanks
Why didn't you just trim these crotches down to 8/4 with your chainsaw? It seems counterproductive to spend all of that time with the laths to accomplish the same thing.
Thanks. There was only one piece that I turned that thin - the largest Y shaped piece and yes you are correct, I should have just done another saw cut on that one after I decided to make it more like a thin charcuterie type piece. I would have been able to get two pieces out of it and save all those shavings from just ending up on the floor. Oh well, now I know better for next time. All the other pieces I roughed out are full depth of the wood, so I would not have cut these thinner.
@@frankdidomizio Thanks for the response.