Woodturning Green Turned Vase From Backyard Red Bud
by Alan Stratton on Friday, July 19th, 2024 | 1 Comment
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Several weeks ago, I turned a piece from an unknown tree harvested from my back yard. It has now been identified as red bug, a beautiful wood. After seeing how beautiful the wood turned out, I decided to turn a small vase from the same trunk.
Turned green, I then let it dry after coating with wood glue and wrapping in paper. When it stopped losing weight, I remounted the vase to finish it again.
Much of the hollowing was through the bottom which was later plugged. After all, why hollow through a tiny opening when I do not have to.
My vase is 5 by 3 inches finished with wipe-on poly.
Enjoy.
My neighbor to the NW has an older Red Bud tree in his yard. Every year it self-seeds and I have many sprout in my yard especially near the fence and my buildings. Often I save pieces when they overgrow their location.
Yes, it cracks severely, especially in that sapwood, as you pointed out. It’s ratio between tangential and radial shrinkage is much worse than red oak. And it’s density is about 15% more than red oak.
Please, pretty please, improve the image for your nice videos by replacing that ugly OSB background. Or at least paint it.
Keep up the good work.
Norm Koerner, Springfield, IL.