Box Elder Vase

[Jim Ketron]

Here is the first out of another batch that me and My Little Lumberjack got.
This one has some nice Red Flame and a little curl.
It measures 8 3/4 high X 5 3/4" tall
Finish is wipe on gel poly and buffed on the Beall.

[Thom2]

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[John Hunter]

Very nice!

[boblon]

Looks fantastic.

Do you completly finish these hollow forms green?

Thanks for posting.

BobL.

[monte]

Excellent work Jim.

[zootroy]

Very nice work.
What wood species?

[Jim Ketron]

Thanks all.
boblon
I use the DNA method for drying all my green turnings. It works Great!
zootroy
It is Box Elder with Red Flame.

[Pa-Paw]

Box Elder

I was given the opportunity to cut up an unknown tree trunk a few months ago. I’ve been told that it was Box Elder; the blanks are all lacking the red blaze, however. Now I’m not sure what the species is, but it the color of your vase looks very much like mine. I do have a bunch of it. Very nice looking vase.

[gerti]

Spectacular!

[sacherjj]

I use the DNA method for drying all my green turnings. It works Great!

Beautiful work!

As a learning turner, I have no clue what this is. I tried to search on Google and came up with a bunch of stuff about genomes and how wood still has DNA, even when dry.

What is the DNA method?

[boblon]

DNA stands for denatured alcohol. Soaking a project in it is supposed to decrease the drying time and minimize checking (cracking). Here's one article on the subject.

http://www.woodcentral.com/cgi-bin/r...cles_473.shtml

I haven't tried it myself, but after seeing some of the great turnings Jim has posted I think I will give it a try.

Hope this helps, and please correct me if I am wrong Jim.

Good luck,
BobL.

[sacherjj]

Ahhh. Thanks for that. I've heard of that method, just never heard of DNA as an abbreviation. I was trying to figure out where Deoxyribonucleic Acid fit into this.