Storing Wood For Carving
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- Just a few thoughts on how to store wood food carving and how long you can keep it for.
I often get a windfall now and then which leaves me more wood than i can carve all in one go and these are the methods i use to keep it as green as possible.
Quick note for those who spot it the wood i keep calling sycamore is actually apple and vice versa.
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I appreciate your use of the term "tree surgeon". I've been doing tree work for 13 years, and that sounds much better than "tree butcher".
Only if the shoe fits. Alot of hacks out there who charge people to butcher or "prune" their trees. They think pruning means they just cut off whatever they want, or the dangerous toppers who charge people to have their property project their stupidity for everyone who drives by
Thanks for sharing this woodcraft hamster. It helped a lot.
Your vid was very helpful. Thanks.
covering the end grain with a sealer(i use acrylic gesso) helps massively with slowing down cure time and preventing splits, if you debarked the wood it helps to mist it with water and keep it loosely covered in a bag to prevent checking
There ae quite a number of things to make where the wood should be as dry as it's possible to make it. Two to three years minimum, depending on the size and type of wood. Up to five years is not unheard of.
If detail work seems too difficult with dry wood, you can soften the wood up quickly with a mixture of alcohol and water. I don't find this necessary with most wood, but now ad then a piece of really hard, dense wood does carve better if you soften it this way. The alcohol evaporates quickly, so the effect is short-lived, which is good.
When is the wood ready to be carved?
I am new to your channel and very enjoyable videos
nice tip, I recently carved an axe handle from maple that I left sitting around. luckily for me it split in a useful way. will try this out
Hi Ive just been given an old owl carving its a really nice carving ‘ have you any suggestions as to what
Sort of oil that would be best to use as a preservative.
Cheers Pete 👍
How or where can I find Limewood please??? Where do I start and how would I recognise it😢
I’m currently carving a piece of wood from a log I found on the side of the road. It seemed like it had just been cut. I started carving out a piece of it and then saw this video and put it inside a clear plastic ziplock bag. Then, I had to leave town for a few days. When I came back the wood had developed some mold on it. I had left the bag open a bit on one side to keep the air flowing. But still mold. Now I’m trying just having the bag over the piece of wood and not sealing it. There’s still a bit of mold in a few spots but I wasn’t able to get it all off in one afternoon. Tomorrow I’m heading to the store to pick up some new sandpaper to get the rest I couldn’t get with my knife and chisel. Any tips on regulating the moisture inside the wood to keep it green and easy to carve while at the same time preventing mold from growing?
Ben n try putting wood in freezer or putting wax on end grain 🐺🐾👍
Thanks
I like rehydrating wood so that I can already see any cracks that would've happened👍 I've not been able to keep a live wet piece from splitting inna while.
I find keeping it in a partly sealed bag with some damp shavings really helps prevent cracking but like most methods you do still get splits occasionally. I don't think there is an entirely foolproof method but the bag trick is probably one of the better ones.
I'm chainsaw carving for the first time today. The wood is extremely fluffy. What should I do? I was planning on doing the main work with the chainsaw and finishing off with hand tools.
May I ask how do you obtain the large tree sections you carve on ? ATB Chris
When I get logs much like the ones you are showing, which is quite often (bragging rites), I simply paint a coat or two of normal PVA glue on the ends, overlap onto the sides a little as well. It doesn't cost much, delays drying out and prevents a lot of cracking/splitting etc...... Most pro' wood suppliers do this for the wood turning trade, either PVA or an alternative. I tend to keep most of my logs outside, with a simple roof over them, even that leaks a bit in inclement weather...
so its got to be sealed in order to useit ahh so if left to dry out harder to carve makes sense
It can also help when drying out if you are trying to stop it splitting.
so i got some logs of sycamore from a dead tree that fell when it was struck by lightning and just stacked them in the garage but i checked on the logs the next day and they seem a bit damper then yesterday. Should i worry about it splitting or willbit be fine?
You will find as they dry the moisture will be forced from the inside out which is why they will look damper. The moisture being forced out is generally what causes splitting and the best way to prevent it is to slow the process down by restricting how fast the moisture can escape. I do this on the small scale by keeping logs in a plastic bag with a small air gap but if you have a lot of them I know others who paint the ends to seal them or dip them in wax. You may always be able to put a tarp over the lot as well which may help but would need to air them every few days to help prevent mould.
+Woodcraft Hamster alright thanks so just put them in an plastic bag with an airhole