On Tue, 8 Nov 2011 10:45:18 -0600, tom koehler wrote
(in message . net):

SWMBO and I have just finished dismantling an old house (circa 1897)
salvaging whatever lumber we can. Setting aside most of the details, to get
to the story, herewith. I have cut a few sections from the end of a timber,
because I want to make some mementos of the house for myself and the former
owners/neighbors.

There are some cracks of course, from the drying of the timber, and
they are part of the project. I guess this will not be some delicate
thin-walled object d'art, but it will be a pretty good reminder of the
project which has consumed this past summer for my wife and me.
I will post pics on Flickr whenever I decide the thing is done.
tom koehler



The cracks were more significant than I'd thought. Some shake in the timber
provided cracks which were not apparent until the wood had been worked for
awhile, and internal stresses re-adjusted. Heh. A lot of cracks or splits
whoed up. I gave the partially done project a glue bath (warm water 'n glue
mix) and let it dry. Some of the cracks seemed to have glued up okay -
others, not so much. I continued hollowing this thing out until it just died
on me. Big chunk just sorta came out at around 500 rpm or a bit less. Looking
at it some more, and I just see a mass of cracks that were not apparent
before, glue notwithstanding. sigh. It was taking on a kinda nice shape, too.
sigh. Well, I have some more, and will try again, but different approach,
somehow.
tom koehler


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I will find a way or make one.