Roughing it

[Derek]

Not been in the shed for at least 4 weeks as I have been at shows on the weekends and sorting out during the week for the following one. Anyway at one of the shows I picked up two rounds of beech and gave the man a nice crisp fiver they both were a good 18" if not more around the only down side is they had been cut to about 9" long.



The first one I split with a club hammer and a small axe nearly knackered me as I only have 1/2 a heart working.

This is the results of the first one.



Anyway the wife took pity on me (she did not want to see me back in hospital) and brought me a little present.



Yesterday morning I spent making/casting pen blanks.



Then the afternoon I roughed out some of the log blanks.   



onto today I completed the bigger blanks and still have some more to make some small boxes and maybe a couple of vases/hollowforms not decided yet



And both days worth with a 1foot ruler for scale



Now all I need to do is let them dry and hope I don't get too many splits normally I don't have a problem when I rough them out

[Walnut Les]

Nice one Derek you should get some nice looking bowls out of that lot mate, I find that a little bit of pva glue on the back of them and it will slow the drying process down enough for them not to split. all the best Les

[Derek]

Nice one Derek you should get some nice looking bowls out of that lot mate, I find that a little bit of pva glue on the back of them and it will slow the drying process down enough for them not to split. all the best Les

Cheers Les already done as I roughed each one so it was dry to put them away.

Good to see you still around mate

[Bryan Milham]

Can't argue with that for a Fiver can you, Nicely done.

[Derek]

Can't argue with that for a Fiver can you, Nicely done.

Going to visit the man again this week as he has some yew and walnut that I know of will be having a good rummage through his log pile.

[edbanger]

someones been busy Amazing what you can get out of a couple of old logs

All the best

Ed

[Derek]

someones been busy Amazing what you can get out of a couple of old logs

All the best

Ed

I was surprised how many I managed from those two rounds.

Anyway been and seen him again for a good rummage and managed to get this little pile. This consisted of a mixed bag Walnut, Cherry, Yew, Hawthorne, Elm, Sycamore and one he thought was Maple. The slabs are 18" ones for scale