Why not clean up after each bowl???????????
Because the "pile of shavings photo" has become a "rite of passage" for turners......many of us have been there, done that......including me!
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Agreed! I'm impressed with how *little* is on the walls!I really like the (Pine?) board wall Ron, nice shop indeed!
Well, since you asked...When you've got a bunch of freshly cut logs you've just hauled home and you need to get them processed before they crack, you've got to be speedy and efficient. Plus, when you're turning green wood, the wood is going to warp while you're turning, so the faster you get through it the easier the turning and the more uniform the rough blank will be. The moist shavings make a good place to park a blank on which you've turned the outside, and you're in production mode, so you go on to the next blank to turn the outside before you do the inside. The spongy shavings are really pretty comfortable and slip resistant, so it's not so much of a safety problem. Until the pile gets so high you need a snorkle.Great pic - but - that does not look very safe (fire, stumbling, etc)! Why not clean up after each bowl???????????
@Ron Solfest .....great looking shop!
My shop is so cramped, compared to that.....but I have no more space to expand. I guess you have to work with what you got!
We should start a thread of shop photos......gives us ideas!
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5 miles from I-75. Tennessee is booming, even with the Covid virus taking its toll. Cleveland is halfway between the Great Lakes are and Disney World. So...c'mon down.Ron - sounds like heaven. I have not been successful in convincing my wife that we move to San Diego (fires, mudslides, etc), I may start working on TN with her!! She doesn't want to leave MI, however.
Hmmm - I see you are not far from I-75 - and we will most likely drive to FL for the month of Jan '22. In Jan 2020 we stayed overnight in Cleveland TN.
If you aren't going to be turning them as soon as possible leave as much length as possible so you can cut off any end checking you do get. As for how long can you store them, thats going to depend on wood species, climate, and probably a bunch of other things. It can even depend on the individual tree. I've had ash blanks that have sat for a year without cracking and some that sat for a week and split down the middle.Okay, since this thread is titled "Processing Green Wood," please indulge a beginner technical question on exactly that. My son the he-man tree-guy helped me start processing some green black walnut logs this afternoon that he brought home recently. He would cut them to about 12" long logs with his chain saw to fit in the Rikon 14" bandsaw I just got last week, after which I would mark out the pith, and cut that part out vertically on the Rikon. After that I would cut corner off both sides, and then put the resulting flat against the fence and cut a flat horizontally on the other side, mark my circle with a compass, and finally cut the circle. Though I am still going at it, I will end up with a stack of roughly 6"deep by 8" round bowl blanks. I hope I am doing this right-so far, I have mostly cut out square stock from Cook Woods or spindle stock from various sources, so this is new territory for me.
My question is, if I liberally coated every surface of the green walnut blanks immediately with AnchorSeal, how long can I wait before rough-turning them? I am desperately behind on Spring yard work if you know what I mean, and time is a precious commodity right now. Thanks for any advice! Aaron