Hey Russ, here is a recent thread on that topic:
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Just to refresh everybody's memory since this is a long thread, the people asking questions, I am assuming, are just complying with my original post where I am asking for a list of How Do I (HDI) questions. So the questions in the replies are actually answers to my question. I have no doubt this explanation clears up any possible chance for confusion about what is going on. So, it isn't necessary to answer an answer. if you know what I mean.
Thank you so very much. I recognized the page, but somehow was previously unable to access the link. I’m assuming that I can initially choose the student access for digital access only to the magazine, then subsequently upgrade to the hard copy of the magazine when desired. Thanks again for the help.
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You may need to deal with glitches when you do go to upgrade, if you opt for the initial "free" trial membership... (I signed up initially on the Associate membership - sort of a trial - so I could read over the AW Magazine back issues - When I went to finally upgrade to full membership, I had to contact a support person by email and a little back and forth to get my payment to go through , and then had to wait through a few other glitches before they got my account fully straightened out... I Suspect I would have not had the problems I did if I had simply signed up to regular membership right off the bat...)
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Emiliano had a good suggestion. You can send all the wood to me, its a good start!
How do I? A wildfire recently burned through the grounds of the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center that only scorched a part of the Center but burned through the native plants on the property. They had to cut down some Ponderosa pines and I took a couple of 4' long by 8" diameter pieces that I thought I might be able to turn as natural edge bowls to donate back for their upcoming fundraiser. So far the bark spalls off as I'm turning, even though I tried to stabilize with a coat of polyurethane.
Does anyone have any ideas for how I can stabilize the bark before I turn the pieces so it doesn't spall off? If it's not possible to stabilize the charred bark I'll try singeing with a torch to al least give the idea of a burned exterior, but I'd really like to keep the natural blackened bark.
Does anyone have any ideas for how I can stabilize the bark before I turn the pieces so it doesn't spall off? If it's not possible to stabilize the charred bark I'll try singeing with a torch to al least give the idea of a burned exterior, but I'd really like to keep the natural blackened bark.
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I believe most folks would use thin CA to ensure the bark stays put.
Thanks for the reply Kent - but I don't see how I could do that without bathing the entire half-round in CA. That would require at least a 1 gallon vat of CA that would have to be used quickly before it all hardened. Maybe you're thinking of some other way of applying the CA?
I thought a coat of polyurethane would do something like that but it doesn't penetrate the bark to bond it to the cambium layer. Maybe thinning the poly would help it penetrate better.
What I do is rough in the bowl to about 80% of the final wall thickness. Then apply the CA. If you lose a bunch of bark roughing it in, it wasn't going to stay on anyway. My experience with NE bowls is strictly hardwoods. I don't know if the pine will be different.
Huh? just scrolled through over a hundred posts and couldn't even find a thumbnail to click on.Question... After I open a thumbnail in someones post, how do I close it out and get back to the forum?
Answer... You click on the X you cannot see in the upper right hand corner...
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That was from 7 years ago, if it helps.