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Saturday, February 22, 2014
Priscillas bowl end grain tear out and what to do about it
Hi Everyone,
Well, it has stopped raining, snowing, and being generally crazy with regards to the weather around here so Im going to go down and take a look at the bowl.
In my last posting I indicated that I had hollowed it out more and here is a photo of that:
There is a problem here, however, and its called tear out. The grain in this piece of wood ran straight across the blank and when I cut across the grain, the ends of the fibers tore instead of cutting cleanly across. Here is a photo of that. If you look at the center of the bowl wall youll see a whitish area. That is torn grain.
There are several ways to deal with that-sanding, which can take a while to sand away, or you can stiffen the fibers with shellac or lacquer and then lightly re-cut the surface with a newly sharped bowl gouge:
And thats what Ive decided to do here. Ive sprayed some lacquer across the surface and its going to dry and harden the fibers. Then Ill re-sharpen my gouge and gently cut the surface until its smooth:
Im going to let this harden and Ill be back a little later today to work on it more.
VW
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Well, it has stopped raining, snowing, and being generally crazy with regards to the weather around here so Im going to go down and take a look at the bowl.
In my last posting I indicated that I had hollowed it out more and here is a photo of that:
There is a problem here, however, and its called tear out. The grain in this piece of wood ran straight across the blank and when I cut across the grain, the ends of the fibers tore instead of cutting cleanly across. Here is a photo of that. If you look at the center of the bowl wall youll see a whitish area. That is torn grain.
There are several ways to deal with that-sanding, which can take a while to sand away, or you can stiffen the fibers with shellac or lacquer and then lightly re-cut the surface with a newly sharped bowl gouge:
And thats what Ive decided to do here. Ive sprayed some lacquer across the surface and its going to dry and harden the fibers. Then Ill re-sharpen my gouge and gently cut the surface until its smooth:
Im going to let this harden and Ill be back a little later today to work on it more.
VW
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
inspirations where you find it
i was in my outdoor shower the other morning, and was struck by the pattern the sun made coming through the canvas surround ... great inlay pattern, or great veneer patten for a pair of doors (above) on a cabinet, or as you can see below, it might make a great fabric or wall covering. inspirations where you find it ... click the photos to enlarge them ...
fabric
stratton mountain in the far distance, from inside the shower ...
where the pattern originated ...
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