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  1. John Torchick

    Uneven tinting

    I tried to tint a piece of pecan with TransTint from Woodcraft. Soaket for quite a while. It did a good job and color seemed to be what I expected. However, there are little tiny streaks where the tint did not penetrate. I'm guessing it is the type of wood with a coarse grain. I do have...
  2. J

    Picking Apart (Spalted?) Pecan Logs

    Hi, I'm relatively new to woodturning and had some questions about wood selection. I had a pecan tree taken down 5 days ago that was growing a few feet from my house and am interested in using some of the wood for future turning projects. The cut ends of the logs look unusually colorful to...
  3. Thank You Cindy

    Thank You Cindy

    This vase is 18 inchs tall and the finial is inspired by Cindy Drozda
    • Keith Welsh
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    • finial pecan vase walnut with
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Member Galleries
  4. Figured Pecan Weed Pots

    Figured Pecan Weed Pots

    This wood came from a tree we had to drop on our property - I have no idea what caused the crazy figure, but I like it. The largest is 2.5" tall.
    • Robert Spaugh
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    • 01-31-09 pecan pod pots weed
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Member Galleries
  5. Hubblescape

    Hubblescape

    This piece is for our clubs November President's Challenge which is a collaborative challenge. Stacie Grange and Bill Tilson teamed up to create this piece a couple of Saturdays ago. We wanted to incorporate coloring, inlay, off center turning, texturing, and carving. The inlays were done...
    • stacie
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    • color inlay pecan texturing
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Member Galleries
  6. Dogwood in Bloom

    Dogwood in Bloom

    This is my first original carved design, and I owe a great big thanks to Ron Fleming for all his guidance
    • Pete Black
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    • carved carving pecan vase
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Member Galleries
  7. Wings of Chance

    Wings of Chance

    This piece is a natural edge vase turned end grain from a Pecan crotch having a slight twist in the branches. The wood was dry from curing in the shop for about 2 years. The bark remained in good condition but was stabilized. The vase was sanded to grade 400, with melamine sealer applied at...
    • Bill Pottorf
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    • edge natural pecan vase
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Member Galleries
  8. Spalted Pecan Vase

    Spalted Pecan Vase

    This is a 15" by 9" spalted Pecan Vase hollowed with the elbotool. Stress Cracks are embelleshed with Cocobolo Dust and Brass & Gold shavings.
    • BekasTurn
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    • pecan vase
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Member Galleries
  9. Pecan Bowl

    Pecan Bowl

    8.5 x 3 Pecan bowl with a small diameter tall foot.
    • Mike Vickery
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    • bowl oriental pecan
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Member Galleries
  10. Cherries and Cream Candy...Dish

    Cherries and Cream Candy...Dish

    Made of Salt Cedar Burl, with Pecan and Bloodwood for the stem and base. Measures 7"x4.5" and has a Tung Oil finish. It seems like I'm the first to post a Salt Cedar piece. If you are unfamiliar this stuff is an invasive species, extremely hardy and resistant to eredacation...
    • Charles Henderson
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    • bloodwood candy cedar dish pecan salt
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Member Galleries
  11. Spalted pecan box....

    Spalted pecan box....

    Here is a box turned from some pecan, I believe, with some spalting. It finished up at 2 3/4" tall and 3" in diameter.
    • Michael Stafford
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    • box pecan
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Member Galleries
  12. Spalted Pecan Bowl 2

    Spalted Pecan Bowl 2

    9" X 3 1/2"; sanded to 600 grit; BLO and Poly finish waxed.
  13. Spalted Pecan

    Spalted Pecan

    Spalted Pecan -3-1/4"x2-3/4". Oct 2005
    • N_Addy
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    • pecan spalted
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Member Galleries
  14. Pecan dots

    Pecan dots

    12x2 Pecan with spiral paterns of acrylic dots and a glitter rim.
    • Gynia
    • Media item
    • acrylic dots pecan
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Member Galleries
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