I have been very quiet when it comes to showing any turning this is due to a small delivery of logs just before Christmas which I started to convert. These consisted of Oak, Ash and Field Maple.
I managed to cut into slabs just before the holidays but had to store some outside under a tarp so they needed to be cut into rounds and sealed so that everything would fit in the wood store
At last finished all of the wood that was outside under a tarp so now all sealed under cover and in stick. Started with 128 pieces cut from the logs then once cut into rounds and hollow form blanks gives me a good amount to turn and that is after I gave 18 pieces away this now gives me a total of 102 bowl blanks and without getting on my knees to count the hollow form blanks a rough guess of 40 to 50. Some I will eventually rough turn to speed up drying. I am expecting some losses but with that amount should still give me a good amount.
Luckily I have a load of others that I have had drying for a number of years which will give me plenty to get on with as all of them are dated so I know what order to use them in.
How many people also cut and store in this fashion or do you leave it in log or plank form until nearer the time of needing it.
The picture show when I was 80% through the work the shelf below the round is part of last years harvest and the bottom is the hollow form blanks from this batch and the pieces standing from various years which I have left in logs as they are small diameters. The smallest round blank on the upper shelf is 4" diameter and the largest of this lot is 16"diameter
This is just one of my stores
I managed to cut into slabs just before the holidays but had to store some outside under a tarp so they needed to be cut into rounds and sealed so that everything would fit in the wood store
At last finished all of the wood that was outside under a tarp so now all sealed under cover and in stick. Started with 128 pieces cut from the logs then once cut into rounds and hollow form blanks gives me a good amount to turn and that is after I gave 18 pieces away this now gives me a total of 102 bowl blanks and without getting on my knees to count the hollow form blanks a rough guess of 40 to 50. Some I will eventually rough turn to speed up drying. I am expecting some losses but with that amount should still give me a good amount.
Luckily I have a load of others that I have had drying for a number of years which will give me plenty to get on with as all of them are dated so I know what order to use them in.
How many people also cut and store in this fashion or do you leave it in log or plank form until nearer the time of needing it.
The picture show when I was 80% through the work the shelf below the round is part of last years harvest and the bottom is the hollow form blanks from this batch and the pieces standing from various years which I have left in logs as they are small diameters. The smallest round blank on the upper shelf is 4" diameter and the largest of this lot is 16"diameter
This is just one of my stores