Re: Mill work and Ideas.

'Curt George' via Legacy Ornamental Mills Sun, 20 Dec 2020 08:16:54 -0800

 Most of those were made yesterday, The wood bowls, NO. but most of the little 
things on the table were.
As far as preserving the wood, I just seal them with shellac, or wax. and leave 
them be...  If the turning is worth the effort, I like to use water 
displacement when possible. 
As a General rule of thumb the slower the wood dry's the more stable it 
becomes. By replacing the water with an oil in the wood, makes sure that the 
wood will not dry out fast. I like to use tung oil or linseed oil, but mineral 
oil also works.  
Its an OLD Sailors trick. When replacing a broken the wooden mast's on a ship, 
they would find a solid tree to replace the broken mast. The new tree is Green 
WOOD, What they did was, peal the bark off the tree, put a hole in the top of 
the new mast, and fill it with oil, then they would soak the new mast with the 
oil all the way down the sides. once done they would keep filling the dish/hole 
in the top of the mast, until the oil would find its way down to the bottom of 
the mast. at this point the oil displaced to water in the wood, and it was 
allowed to dry.
I use to do this on my wooden Dummy's. (Martial art/ "Wooden Man Dummy's". or 
called Mook Jongs.) They are 10" dia. body's 6 feet tall,  When the wood dried 
out, I had little to no cracking in the body's.  I made some 10-15 dummy's per 
year using this method for over 20 yrs. with very good success.For small 
turnings, I soak in a bucket of oil for a few days to a week or more, and I've 
also used a pressure pot, to speed up the process, ( I know a vacuum chamber 
would also work, but I have not done this...)  after the water has  been 
displaced, I let the part dry out.
If you get a chance try it for you self.
Have a good day.
C.A.G.    On Sunday, December 20, 2020, 10:29:19 AM EST, Tim Ziegler 
<timjzieg...@gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 Lol I think Curt was implying he made those in one day. Hmmmmm

On Sat, Dec 19, 2020, 11:06 PM Okla Mike (Liltwisted) <legacym...@iglide.net>
wrote:

That's pretty cool! I will have to take a picture of some of the stuff I have
laying around.

Mike OK

On 12/19/2020 10:45 PM, 'Curt George' via Legacy Ornamental Mills wrote:

Hello Everyone.
I've been working in the shop today, Lots of "Saw Dust Therapy" but by a
strange twist of luck I found out something that some here may like to know.
I picked up an Old AMT wood lathe for a friend on mine. who wants to learn
how to turn wood. The AMT is a solidly made machine, the only thing wrong with
it as far as I can see is the headstock, has a 3/4-16 threaded shaft adaptor,
with out a #1 or #2 MT.
To make a long story shorter. I was making some face plates and other parts
for this lathe . I found out that a 3/8" pipe coupling has the exact thread as
a 3/4-16 tap. I did not need to chase the threads at all with this coupling,
the threads matched ... I know you can still buy faceplates and other 3/4-16
parts, but knowing that 3/8" pipe fittings have the same thread can be a very
easy make! (Think of it a useless trivia that may come in handy someday.) ;-)
I also found a lot of green wood (Tree clippings form a urban tree removal)
I picked up some birch, and choke cherry limbs 3"-5" dia. So I've been playing
about with some lathe and Legacy turning's today. If you have not heard me say
it before, "Green Wood is Fun!" (it cuts so easy!) "Dry wood is WORK". IS
SO TRUE! "Boy" I had a good time today.
LOT of Fun !~ ;-) Here's some of my things that I made today. C.A.G. --
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