Update on Lilac
After getting the lilac home I waxed the ends straight away. Only 3 weeks
later it split so badly that it could be used only for the barbecue. So as far as I am concerned lilac is useless for turning and I won't attempt to use it again. Tom |
Update on Lilac
"Tom Dougall" wrote in
: After getting the lilac home I waxed the ends straight away. Only 3 weeks later it split so badly that it could be used only for the barbecue. So as far as I am concerned lilac is useless for turning and I won't attempt to use it again. Tom How did the barbecue taste? ;-) Patriarch |
Update on Lilac
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"Tom Dougall" wrote: After getting the lilac home I waxed the ends straight away. Only 3 weeks later it split so badly that it could be used only for the barbecue. So as far as I am concerned lilac is useless for turning and I won't attempt to use it again. Tom I have some small pieces (under 3/4 square) that come out fine. A friend has a chunk that is better then 2x2, how he did it would be a good question -- -------------------------------------------------------- Personal e-mail is the n7bsn but at amsat.org This posting address is a spam-trap and seldom read RV and Camping FAQ can be found at http://www.ralphandellen.us/rv |
Update on Lilac
Turn it very thin very quickly after it is cut. I have actually been able
to make hollow vessels out of the wild grape vine that grows around here. My largest was about 4" in diameter when I turned it, 2 weeks later after it dried it was about 3". When that stuff is cut during the growing season water pours out of it. The pieces I have let sit in my woodpile have tremendous cracks, they usually get one giant crack that opens up about 90 to 120 degrees. I use this wood for small finials and such because I like the color. I keep trying to get my hands on some larger lilac but I keep missing out. Tony Manella ndd1"at"prolog.net (remove "at") http://home.ptd.net/~ndd1/ Lehigh Valley Woodturners www.lehighvalleywoodturners.com "Tom Dougall" wrote in message ... After getting the lilac home I waxed the ends straight away. Only 3 weeks later it split so badly that it could be used only for the barbecue. So as far as I am concerned lilac is useless for turning and I won't attempt to use it again. Tom |
Update on Lilac
Tom Dougall wrote:
: After getting the lilac home I waxed the ends straight away. Only 3 weeks : later it split so badly that it could be used only for the barbecue. So as : far as I am concerned lilac is useless for turning and I won't attempt to : use it again. I had some that did the dsame thing -- basically the stuff shattered. I wasn't too upset -- I roughed out a vase, and the lilac smell was so strong (and this was OUTside) I thought I'd been dropped in a perfume vat. -- Andy Barss |
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