I was just given a bunch of apple wood. It is still very green and just
bucked up but not split or resawn. Anyone have any experience/advice
regarding this wood? How does it behave while drying? Best way to deal with
it, turn it thick and let it dry, turn it an boil it, dry it solid and then
turn?????? Any advice or comments would be appreciated. Thanks, Mark

Apple wood is notorius for splitting sometimes even on the lathe while
turning. I was given some a while back and the only way I got good
results was to turn to near finished size and dry in the microwave then turn
to finshed size. I still have one of the bowls I made 2 years ago and no
splits warps or cracks.

Tom
"Mark Haveman" wrote in message
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I was just given a bunch of apple wood. It is still very green and just
bucked up but not split or resawn. Anyone have any experience/advice
regarding this wood? How does it behave while drying? Best way to deal
with
it, turn it thick and let it dry, turn it an boil it, dry it solid and
then
turn?????? Any advice or comments would be appreciated. Thanks, Mark

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"Mark Haveman" wrote:

I was just given a bunch of apple wood. It is still very green and just
bucked up but not split or resawn. Anyone have any experience/advice
regarding this wood? How does it behave while drying? Best way to deal with
it, turn it thick and let it dry, turn it an boil it, dry it solid and then
turn?????? Any advice or comments would be appreciated. Thanks, Mark

It looks great (IMHO) but cracks like crazy. Use whichever tricks you
like (you missed at least "pack in shavings", "brown paper bag", "turn
to finished thickness and let warp" and "liquid dish detergent" from the
long list of r.c.w nostrums) and expect to lose some anyway. Save the
shavings and the ones that crack for grilling/smoking with.

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Cats, coffee, chocolate...vices to live by

"Mark Haveman" wrote in message
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I was just given a bunch of apple wood. It is still very green and just
bucked up but not split or resawn. Anyone have any experience/advice
regarding this wood? How does it behave while drying? Best way to deal
with
it, turn it thick and let it dry, turn it an boil it, dry it solid and
then
turn?????? Any advice or comments would be appreciated. Thanks, Mark


Mix with a couple of ribeyes G

I love apple. I prefer to turn all my bowls green to finish thickness
(1/4 inch or so) let them dry and warp, then sand and finish. Most
fruit woods take a little extra care in drying as they tend to split
more than other woods. I do put a couple of wraps of 6 inch plastic
stretch film around the rim with about an inch hanging over into the
inside of the bowl. I have had much better success getting them to dry
without cracking this way. Usually dry enough to sand out in about a
week to 10 days.

robo hippy



On Oct 21, 8:41*pm, Dave Balderstone
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In article , Mark

Haveman wrote:
I was just given a bunch of apple wood. It is still very green and just
bucked up but not split or resawn. Anyone have any experience/advice
regarding this wood? How does it behave while drying? Best way to deal with
it, turn it thick and let it dry, turn it an boil it, dry it solid and then
turn?????? Any advice or comments would be appreciated. Thanks, Mark

It moves like a snake on bennies.

It'll split and crack like crazy.

I like to quickly turn it green to very thin and let it warp into art.