Dogwood Turnings
 

In response to a request in rec.crafts.woodturning

This is a picture of a couple of things I did in dogwood. The one on the
left was turned green while the other two were turned about a year later.
The finish was just tung oil so I attribute the color difference to the
difference between wet and somewhat dried. I really liked the one on the
left and it was pure luck to catch the grain like I did. The one in the
middle had those two bad spots that were totally hidden until I started
turning. I finished it more as an exercise in fixing voids and cracks using
epoxy with some coloring than anything else. In the end it wasn't all that
bad but even though the log had aged a year, it warped while the green one
on the left did not at all.

This is about the extent of my experience with dogwood and I have little
overall experience anyway. Just started two years ago and haven't done a
lot the past year due to respiratory problems. I just had a dogwood that
needed to be cut down right at the same time I started turning.





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Dogwood Turnings
 

Scratch Ankle wrote:
In response to a request in rec.crafts.woodturning

This is a picture of a couple of things I did in dogwood. The one on the
left was turned green while the other two were turned about a year later.
The finish was just tung oil so I attribute the color difference to the
difference between wet and somewhat dried. I really liked the one on the
left and it was pure luck to catch the grain like I did. The one in the
middle had those two bad spots that were totally hidden until I started
turning. I finished it more as an exercise in fixing voids and cracks using
epoxy with some coloring than anything else. In the end it wasn't all that
bad but even though the log had aged a year, it warped while the green one
on the left did not at all.

This is about the extent of my experience with dogwood and I have little
overall experience anyway. Just started two years ago and haven't done a
lot the past year due to respiratory problems. I just had a dogwood that
needed to be cut down right at the same time I started turning.



The dogwood here in Georgia does not have prominent growth rings like
that. Here is a picture of a bowl I turned from it.


--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA

This is precisely the sort of thing
that people who like this sort of
thing will like.

Dogwood Turnings
 

OOPS! For some reason, when I thought dogwood my mind pulled up that
picture and I quit thinking. SWMBO would probably ask when I started
thinking but that's neither here nor there. This is Red Bud, not Dogwood.
And I only had the one piece in dogwood which looked like Gerald Ross'
picture. Well the wood looked like Gerald's -- I really butchered it which
is probably why I can't find a picture of it. Seeing Gerald's picture made
think about my post and the obvious thing was that there were three turnings
there not one. One would think that would be an obviously clue that the
picture was not of the one item I turned in dogwood, One would be wrong.

So, like Emily Latella from the old Saturday Night Live show always said --
"Never Mind".

[signs off shaking his head muttering about how this must be the male
equivalent of SWMBO yesterday being given a senior citizens price for
coffee]


"Scratch Ankle" wrote in message
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In response to a request in rec.crafts.woodturning

This is a picture of a couple of things I did in dogwood. The one on the
left was turned green while the other two were turned about a year later.
The finish was just tung oil so I attribute the color difference to the
difference between wet and somewhat dried. I really liked the one on the
left and it was pure luck to catch the grain like I did. The one in the
middle had those two bad spots that were totally hidden until I started
turning. I finished it more as an exercise in fixing voids and cracks
using epoxy with some coloring than anything else. In the end it wasn't
all that bad but even though the log had aged a year, it warped while the
green one on the left did not at all.

This is about the extent of my experience with dogwood and I have little
overall experience anyway. Just started two years ago and haven't done a
lot the past year due to respiratory problems. I just had a dogwood that
needed to be cut down right at the same time I started turning.




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So, like Emily Latella from the old Saturday Night Live show always
said -- "Never Mind".

[signs off shaking his head muttering about how this must be the male
equivalent of SWMBO yesterday being given a senior citizens price for
coffee]

Good pics and other funny stuff....

Been there, done that... at least I think I have... hmmm, now I
wonder.......

Dogwood Turnings
 

Well,
whatEVER kind of wood it is, it sure is pretty :)

K.

Dogwood Turnings
 

Thanks. That one on the left was pure luck catching the grain like I did.
I've been quite impressed with the carving you have done. I do a little
leather work which includes some tooling. While I do OK in leather, my
experience trying to carve wood has not been very good. I'm really
impressed with those boxes and they are creating an urge for me to try
again. I might just do it.


"Kate" wrote in message
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Well,
whatEVER kind of wood it is, it sure is pretty :)

K.





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Thank you for your kind words :)
It seems like my wood kind of tells me what it wants to be, then I just
carve off the parts that don't belong.
Sometimes I carve off parts that DO belong, then I have to alter the pattern
to fix it. Seems to work out on it's own though.

I hope to one day develop skills that are good enough to really take pride
in it.

You should certainly give it a try... it's a lot of fun.

When I was very young I did a little leather work. . A three legged stool
and a few belts. I enjoyed it but never really got into it as a hobby.

Kate

"Scratch Ankle" wrote in message
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Thanks. That one on the left was pure luck catching the grain like I did.
I've been quite impressed with the carving you have done. I do a little
leather work which includes some tooling. While I do OK in leather, my
experience trying to carve wood has not been very good. I'm really
impressed with those boxes and they are creating an urge for me to try
again. I might just do it.


"Kate" wrote in message
.. .
Well,
whatEVER kind of wood it is, it sure is pretty :)

K.





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