[crw-talk] Set 2 of 2, emerging goblet

[Jim Krarup]

Very very nice

On Wed, Aug 5, 2020, 10:19 AM Robert Patros <rjpatros05 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Really cool! Great base!
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> > On Aug 5, 2020, at 10:02 AM, Mwt <griff at mwt.net> wrote:
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> > Members, thanks for looking.  I was given a pile of freshly cut walnut
> branches a while ago, and had two choices:  let them dry and probably never
> use them; or make stuff.  You all know me well enough that I am sort of
> addicted to making stuff while awaiting the demise of the virus so...
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> > Long story short, one of the last pieces of the walnut branches had a
> crotch with three limbs growing out of it.  So I cut the limbs off and left
> the part where they branches off.  Mounted them on a screw chuck and turned
> a thin stemmed goblet.  Left the stem fairly thick because of the walnut
> wood pith which would greatly weaken a thinner stem as it is prone to
> cracking.  I hollowed the goblet part almost to the cambium, that can be
> seen showing through on the inside.  I left the screw chuck hole so it
> would help dry the base as it is a good sized chunk of wet wood I did not
> want to have split during drying.  Several coats of poly and a buff with a
> shop made grit, mineral oil and beeswax mixture and finished!
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> > Thanks for reading, let’s get some comments going.
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> > John
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