Woodturn Rustic Cedar Natural Edge Coasters

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Woodturn Rustic Cedar Natural Edge Coasters

By Alan Stratton on Saturday, January 24th, 2015 | 4 Comments

This project is relatively easy, a great way to practice with natural edge forms without the risk of a bowl. These coasters are wet, freshly harvested, cedar. After slicing a limb into discs, I started them drying with a quick soak in Denatured Alcohol to accelerate the drying process. They had lost about 30% of their […]

Green Woodturning Techniques – Alcohol Soak & Walnut Oil Finish

By Alan Stratton on Saturday, January 17th, 2015 | Comments Off

I’m experimenting with two techniques for my woodturning: one for drying wet or green wood; one for finishishing. For drying a bowl after rough turning the bowl blank, I’m using denatured alcohol (DNA) for an overnight soak, then drying the bowl in a controlled environment such as a brown paper bag. For finishing, I’m following […]

Remount And Finish Woodturning Alcohol Soaked Green Bowl

By Alan Stratton on Friday, January 9th, 2015 | Comments Off

I rough turned this birch bowl about six months ago from a fresh green trunk a friend found for me. At that time, I did not expect much from this bowl thinking that birch is a fairly blond wood without a lot of character. To expedite the drying process, I soaked this bowl overnight in […]

Finish Woodturning Rough Turned – Alcohol Soaked Bowl

By Alan Stratton on Friday, June 20th, 2014 | Comments Off

This is a followup on the rough turned green bowl of a few weeks ago. The bowl is now dry after having been soaked in alcohol. This is about six weeks instead of the year typical (for me) of air drying an typical bowl. In this video I remount the now dry bowl to reform […]

Rough Woodturning & Alcohol Soaking Wet Walnut Bowl

By Alan Stratton on Thursday, May 1st, 2014 | 5 Comments

Now that I’ve return to my home shop and can again use my full sized lathe, I have an urge to turn something big — something I’ve not been able to turn on a mini lathe. This rough turned bowl is walnut from a fellow member of the local woodturning club. The wood is wet […]

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