On 09/27/2010 10:12 PM, mac davis wrote:
You folks were right, pecan is not an ideal turning wood...
Very hard to avoid tearout, even with carbide...
Sanded it in both forward and reverse and still have to sand some areas off the
lathe because of the weird grain pattern..

I guess it's something everybody has to do at least once. Glad my turn
is over with! g

Gotta admit though, it came out quite nice. Lovely polish on that. Is
that just with the buffing system?

I'll make several more pieces, though, since I still have at least 100 pounds of
the stuff left..

Ah, a gluten for punishment eh? At least it's pretty wood.

Post some more shots, and pics of your new work when you finish that
too, of course...

....Kevin
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On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:42:43 -0800, Kevin Miller wrote:

Kevin.. Finish is just the Danish oil that I wet sanded it with, then buffing
when the oil hardened..


On 09/27/2010 10:12 PM, mac davis wrote:
You folks were right, pecan is not an ideal turning wood...
Very hard to avoid tearout, even with carbide...
Sanded it in both forward and reverse and still have to sand some areas off the
lathe because of the weird grain pattern..

I guess it's something everybody has to do at least once. Glad my turn
is over with! g

Gotta admit though, it came out quite nice. Lovely polish on that. Is
that just with the buffing system?

I'll make several more pieces, though, since I still have at least 100 pounds of
the stuff left..

Ah, a gluten for punishment eh? At least it's pretty wood.

Post some more shots, and pics of your new work when you finish that
too, of course...

...Kevin


mac

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