[crw-talk] Wig stand

[John & Donna Griffiths]

Hello members,  Denis Falch with help from his brother Doug (Doug is the 
finishing guru in that family, thank you Doug) has turned in another 
treasure trove of them.  Thanks Denis.

Some will recall that Marv brought in some catalpa blanks to the March 
meeting.  The piece I got was very wet, so I let it dry in a bag until 
this week then made the top and base of a wig stand from it, with a 
spalted birch stem.  The wood was still wet, but I turned the parts, and 
they finished piece is interesting.  The coloration is not dramatic in 
my opinion, but it has very "contrasty" grain and is a medium brown.  
The wood is pretty soft and hard to get the end grain cut down nicely 
due to an apparent tendency to tear out.  Of coarse, knowing myself as 
well as I do,maybe to gouge was not optimally sharp. Just sayin'...   An 
attempt to smooth with a negative rake scraper made it worse.  But with 
a lot of sanding and several coats of poly, it turned out well.  So 
thank you Marv.

John
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