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06-18-2008, 08:00 PM
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Name: James City: Mooresville State: NC County: Iredell Join Date: Jan 2006 | Oh' The Horror
Not sure of the wood, but I think Sweet Gum. One day after roughing  
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06-18-2008, 08:07 PM
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Name: Nick City: Clemmons State: NC County: Davidson Join Date: Jun 2006 Age: 49 | Re: Oh' The Horror
Looks like there is a lot of pith in that blank and it will crack every time DAMHIKT 
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06-18-2008, 09:25 PM
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Name: Mike City: Westfield State: NC County: Stokes Join Date: Dec 2005 Age: 51 | Re: Oh' The Horror
You should try again and soak it in alcohol this time, let it drip dry a few minutes and wrap the outside with brown grocery paper. In a few weeks it will be ready to finish turn. | |
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06-19-2008, 07:49 AM
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Name: Jim Campbell City: Hillsborough State: NC County: Orange Join Date: Feb 2006 Age: 38 | Re: Oh' The Horror
FWIW, my dad turns a lot of sweet gum bowls.
Cates sawmill in hillsborough does a huge buisness milling railroad ties.
Gum can be treated and holds up well, so they say.
Anyhoo, he gets tons of free cut offs. Many local turners pick through the cutoff pile.
The wood ends up rather bland, but makes for some interesting effects.
You appear to have, as mentioned, pith. I do recall my dad having some good and some useless gum blanks. Seemed to be a hit or miss wood.
Jim
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06-19-2008, 03:09 PM
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Name: jeff... City: State: NC County: Granville Join Date: Mar 2006 | Re: Oh' The Horror
Originally Posted by NZAPP1  Looks like there is a lot of pith in that blank and it will crack every time DAMHIKT Yep avoid pith - That looks like a branch more than a tree trunk and also is evidence of no end grain sealer and drying WAY to FAST. How you spinners dry those big blanks I don't know so sorry I can't be much help.
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06-19-2008, 04:40 PM
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Name: James City: Mooresville State: NC County: Iredell Join Date: Jan 2006 | Re: Oh' The Horror
Yup, a little pith there, I was trying to get as much of the heartwood as I could, so I knew that might of been trouble. But the intresting part was I rough turned it about 7pm and this is what it looked like the next morning at 8am. Guess I should of taken the time to seal the endgrain but was out of anchor seal.
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