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Hello All,
Thanks for being here. This is my first post, so I must be in the right place...
I've been turning a lot of Alaska yellow cedar (not green.) Just bowls, no center turning. It's been a little difficult to finish, and prone to grain tear-out. Some of my cedar is dry and seasoned, and some is from a big tree that blew down a few years ago but only recently milled, so it's still pretty moist.
Does anyone have any suggestions or resources for turning these woods cleaner?
I'm aware that part of this is due to me being newer to turning and sharpening. Honing the edge of my bowl gouge and scrapers has helped. I've also had some luck in honing a scraper and putting a burnishing lightly.
Water on the yellow cedar as well as paste wax have helped, too. I'm also curious what others have used for paste wax to cut end grain cleaner.
I'm just hoping to have less sanding, and possibly learn to cut cleaner and faster.
Thanks in advance!
Thanks for being here. This is my first post, so I must be in the right place...
I've been turning a lot of Alaska yellow cedar (not green.) Just bowls, no center turning. It's been a little difficult to finish, and prone to grain tear-out. Some of my cedar is dry and seasoned, and some is from a big tree that blew down a few years ago but only recently milled, so it's still pretty moist.
Does anyone have any suggestions or resources for turning these woods cleaner?
I'm aware that part of this is due to me being newer to turning and sharpening. Honing the edge of my bowl gouge and scrapers has helped. I've also had some luck in honing a scraper and putting a burnishing lightly.
Water on the yellow cedar as well as paste wax have helped, too. I'm also curious what others have used for paste wax to cut end grain cleaner.
I'm just hoping to have less sanding, and possibly learn to cut cleaner and faster.
Thanks in advance!