Woodturned Vase – Wet To Dry To Finished
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At one of our last club meetings, we had a wood exchange during which I received a chunk of fetzer wood. Fetzer is an unusal wood for turning and to my knowledge rarely grows this large.
The wood was freshly cut. I would expect it to split and crack as it dries. However, I decided to risk rough turning a vase, let it dry in a rough state, and turn it to final shape when dry. I did not know whether it would survive drying intact.
But, it did.
The vase is finished with a mix of 1 part polyurethane; 2 parts boiled linseed oil, and 3 parts mineral spirits. It is 4 inched diameter and 8 inches tall.
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On the Eastern side of the U.S., this would be called Cedar or Juniper. When the heartwood is larger and the sap wood thinner, it is great to turn the way you did, i.e., spindle turning. It produces a piece that looks like it is on fire with the heart wood consuming the sap wood.
Gorgeous. In my area of Canada we would call it juniper. I would use wiping poly to finish it