Very instructional. Very thankful that you are willing to share your insights and experience. My take away from today is that it is better to inspect ahead of time rather then risk turning a doomed project.
I can see why you would not ordinarily bother with such a log. I am amazed how much you got out of it. Very instructional, many thanks for sharing your experience.
I really appreciate benefitting from your experience and explanations. I am all to often 'hopeful' when looking at a log with small splits .. and usually being disappointed once I have started my turnings and the splits are still there! I will learn to spend more time looking at the log and planning to turn something out of the good wood, rather than trying to make wood with splits 'fit' to my predetermined idea. I learn so much from your videos; thank you, Sir.
Thanks Richard. This gives me an idea of what I can do with some of the logs that I have that have been drying for a number of years and that have splits in them.
A great thank you for the videos. I'm relatively new to turning and have found your no nonsense approach a great inspiration. In some of the previous videos of cutting blanks, you had dated and set aside the blanks to dry further. Is that something you'd do with these or would you want to turn them sooner? Why one way or the other?
Goodness graciious , man alive what are you playing at? throw it away and go to any city dump and select from any number of huge logs of 30 or 40 different species!! However, YOU are the pro, and I will wait to the end and see what you do with these tiny pieces of wood!
Unfortunately we no longer have access to city log dumps because individuals looking for logs were more trouble than they were worth. Now non-commercial logs are mulched. We are not supposed to scavange at the green waste tip, but I do. ruclips.net/video/laBPappesP8/видео.html In England I used to purchase whole logs from local sawmills the like of don't exist in Australia where I bought timber by the tonne from dealers.
This video is to show people how to gain some usable material for woodturning from split logs if you have no access to better pieces. Some types of wood (e.g. ebony) are very expensive and very prone to splitting. Not using the split logs would be a complete waste of resources, especially because most often one only needs thinner pieces for turning small parts and items.
Interesting. Would love for you to demonstrate making an eggcup, lol, reason is I've been asked by my mother if I can make one for my step father, as he collects them. So far he's got all sorts from their adventures around the world, but not one from Tasmania, lol.
Thank you dear Richard for this masterclass on approach to split logs. Would you please make a video on bandsaw maintenance? Especially on how to preserve the table of the bandsaw after cutting a green log. I keep coating the table with 3-in-1 oil, paste wax, but I feel like I'm not doing the right job...or not doing enough. Cheers!
Better to go to the manufacturers, in this case Laguna, for maintenance advice. I brush the table down after use. If I leave green timber on the saw overnight there's a rusty patch underneath, so I'll spray that with WD40 or lanolin, sand it off with 400 grit, and wipe it dry.
This is an excellent video! I have not seen anyone else do something similar. I have a number of logs that need to be cut down and all have splits in them. I have also had a number of bowls split apart due to splits, as well as those that didn't break, but I had to fill the crack or leave it ugly. Waste of time and wood.
Bowls that split after a few years probably had the very fine cracks that are exposed by bending a thin slice. They're very easy to miss. If you can eliminate those before any turning a bowl shouldn't split, although it will warp.
I find I get most from a log by getting at it before it splits. To me a split is a split and never part of a work of art as so many like to claim. Despite that I went through a phase of filling fissures with coloured epoxy in 1982-83 to rcover some value from substandard material. They sold well enough, but those bowls are not objects by which I want to be remembered.
It's a Laguna bandsaw and I use ½-in or ¾-in blades with 3 tpi. I've no idea who manufactures the blade which would come in rolls. It's welded up to order by a company in Sydney.
John, if you're in the US, then maybe this may help---usually the cabinet saw sharpening services also make bandsaw blades. They get a very long roll of a bandsaw, cut to length and weld. Usually they are much economical than a brand name blade. Honestly, a brand name blade didn't last longer compared to a custom made blade I got from a local saw sharpener. Hope that helps.
Very instructional. Very thankful that you are willing to share your insights and experience. My take away from today is that it is better to inspect ahead of time rather then risk turning a doomed project.
Really appreciate the detail you provided here. This information will be very useful as I process various pieces of timber I've received.
I can see why you would not ordinarily bother with such a log. I am amazed how much you got out of it. Very instructional, many thanks for sharing your experience.
I really appreciate benefitting from your experience and explanations. I am all to often 'hopeful' when looking at a log with small splits .. and usually being disappointed once I have started my turnings and the splits are still there! I will learn to spend more time looking at the log and planning to turn something out of the good wood, rather than trying to make wood with splits 'fit' to my predetermined idea. I learn so much from your videos; thank you, Sir.
Thanks Richard. This gives me an idea of what I can do with some of the logs that I have that have been drying for a number of years and that have splits in them.
Thanks Richard
Using the offcut to measure the otherside cut for square... why didn't I think of that. Thanks Richard :)
Thanks Richard.👍👍
A great thank you for the videos. I'm relatively new to turning and have found your no nonsense approach a great inspiration.
In some of the previous videos of cutting blanks, you had dated and set aside the blanks to dry further. Is that something you'd do with these or would you want to turn them sooner? Why one way or the other?
Goodness graciious , man alive what are you playing at? throw it away and go to any city dump and select from any number of huge logs of 30 or 40 different species!! However, YOU are the pro, and I will wait to the end and see what you do with these tiny pieces of wood!
Unfortunately we no longer have access to city log dumps because individuals looking for logs were more trouble than they were worth. Now non-commercial logs are mulched. We are not supposed to scavange at the green waste tip, but I do. ruclips.net/video/laBPappesP8/видео.html In England I used to purchase whole logs from local sawmills the like of don't exist in Australia where I bought timber by the tonne from dealers.
This video is to show people how to gain some usable material for woodturning from split logs if you have no access to better pieces. Some types of wood (e.g. ebony) are very expensive and very prone to splitting. Not using the split logs would be a complete waste of resources, especially because most often one only needs thinner pieces for turning small parts and items.
Interesting. Would love for you to demonstrate making an eggcup, lol, reason is I've been asked by my mother if I can make one for my step father, as he collects them. So far he's got all sorts from their adventures around the world, but not one from Tasmania, lol.
I hope we get to see what happens to those blanks.
Thank you dear Richard for this masterclass on approach to split logs.
Would you please make a video on bandsaw maintenance? Especially on how to preserve the table of the bandsaw after cutting a green log.
I keep coating the table with 3-in-1 oil, paste wax, but I feel like I'm not doing the right job...or not doing enough.
Cheers!
Better to go to the manufacturers, in this case Laguna, for maintenance advice. I brush the table down after use. If I leave green timber on the saw overnight there's a rusty patch underneath, so I'll spray that with WD40 or lanolin, sand it off with 400 grit, and wipe it dry.
@@RichardRaffanwoodturning thank you, Richard! I remember one of your old videos---maybe over 10-15 years ago---you used WD40 on the lathe.
@@jakegevorgian I have no recollection of that, and now I'm wondering why.
I have a pretty small bandsaw. Any advice for processing logs? I’m not sure how to make the first straight cut on my saw.
You can use wedges or a sledge to stop a log rolling when cemoving a flitch.
@@RichardRaffanwoodturning thanks so much
This is an excellent video! I have not seen anyone else do something similar. I have a number of logs that need to be cut down and all have splits in them. I have also had a number of bowls split apart due to splits, as well as those that didn't break, but I had to fill the crack or leave it ugly. Waste of time and wood.
Bowls that split after a few years probably had the very fine cracks that are exposed by bending a thin slice. They're very easy to miss. If you can eliminate those before any turning a bowl shouldn't split, although it will warp.
Thanks for the great way to look at the 🪵 and cut it up!
Any luck gluing cracks together? Get more from the log in exchange for the cracks being visible
I find I get most from a log by getting at it before it splits. To me a split is a split and never part of a work of art as so many like to claim. Despite that I went through a phase of filling fissures with coloured epoxy in 1982-83 to rcover some value from substandard material. They sold well enough, but those bowls are not objects by which I want to be remembered.
@@RichardRaffanwoodturning thanks for the reply
Please could you say what the bandsaw is and what make of blade thank you
It's a Laguna bandsaw and I use ½-in or ¾-in blades with 3 tpi. I've no idea who manufactures the blade which would come in rolls. It's welded up to order by a company in Sydney.
John, if you're in the US, then maybe this may help---usually the cabinet saw sharpening services also make bandsaw blades. They get a very long roll of a bandsaw, cut to length and weld. Usually they are much economical than a brand name blade. Honestly, a brand name blade didn't last longer compared to a custom made blade I got from a local saw sharpener. Hope that helps.
Thank you for both reply’s it has helped no end will research it a lot more now from the uk have a wonderful productive new year