On 12/11/2016 4:17 PM, graham wrote:
On 12/10/2016 9:45 PM, graham wrote:
Cut a round from a very large piece of elm last week that had been end
sealed and drying for at least 15 years. Was going to make a 15-16
salad bowl. I left it for a few days as I was busy with work and serious
checks developed. Ill be lucky to get a 10 bowl. Sod it!
As a follow up:
This bowl was going to be a 15-16 salad bowl but checks appeared in the
blank and I had to resize it to 12. Then further faults in the wood
took it down to a 10D x 6 high bowl. I was well into hollowing it and
when I turned to the grinder to sharpen the gouge, I heard a very loud
POP! That was the 3 crack in the photo.
https://postimg.org/image/spgt4d5uv/
Youd think after at least 15 years drying, the wood would be stable but
it turned out to be full of stress.
Oh wellฆฆ.
In the 3 days since that split occurred, it has widened and extended
down to the base of the bowl as well as opening up across the interior.
Now there's no chance of even getting a saucer out of it!
Graham