Oooh! A neighbor just texted and asked if I can have some fresh cut walnut logs! I said "you had me at "walnut".
Bowl in the photo is from a log the same guy gave me about this time last year. It had started to crack so I cast the whole workpiece in epoxy resin before turning the bowl. Hopefully this next batch will be more solid.
@tdotrob
That's *beautiful*!
Thanks, @rpardee
& @thereal_renaissance_man
I work with virtual servers and code all day at work so on my free time I like to make physical things you can hold in your hands. Mostly, these days, those are out of wood.
@thereal_renaissance_man I have next week off and a GIANT chunk of cedar rough turned. I plan to core it out into 3 blanks and see if I can make a decent set of nesting bowls. So plenty of vicariousness will be delivered shortly. ;-)
@tdotrob
Looking forward to it! Happy turning!
@FighttheFluff Thanks! I had not heard of that before. I have some that is pre-mixed but doesn't tend to soak in well. I've tried Cactus Juice but it's only good for small pieces since it needs oven-curing. A built-for-purpose penetrating resin sounds like just the thing. I'll look it up. Thanks!
@InvaderGzim I had heard of it. Thanks though. Not sure it applies here because the cracks were filled in whe the piece was still half a log.
Now and then I drop a finished piece and the result might be a kintsugi candidate.
@tdotrob gorgeous!