Hi DonO; How do you flame finish Oak? Kinda like flaming bamboo? wayneb
--- On Thu, 2/17/11, Don Ordes <f...@tribcsp.com> wrote: From: Don Ordes <f...@tribcsp.com> Subject: Re: [VFB] RE: drying wood for turning To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Thursday, February 17, 2011, 5:39 PM I like oak when it is flame finished to bring out the grain. Not for everything, but it is a neat effect- kinda like zebrawood. DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: Wayne Blake-Hedges To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 10:33 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] RE: drying wood for turning Hi All; Thanks for the info, a little background, tried drying the wood first by putting in microwave for 1 minute increments. It did remove a lot of water, water was weeping out of wood and completely saturated inside walls of micrwave with moisture. Stunk up the whole house something awfull though. Next I tried my wife's convection oven(she wasn't home at the time) with the lowest temperature setting being 170 degrees F on convection setting. It worked a little better than microwave and not as odiferous. Now I have my cut sections sitting on top of wood stove/insert and they're drying slowly. Top of stove gets from 100-200 degrees F. I do have a drying oven at work I could set up, question is how long do you have to dry wood for use and a what temperaures? How can you tell when wood is dry? Tony: It's red Oak, not sure if it turns black when wet. I can tell you if I rub my wetted fingers on outside edge of my cut blanks, the grain really shows though. wayne --- On Thu, 2/17/11, Anthony Spezio <bambot...@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Anthony Spezio <bambot...@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [VFB] RE: drying wood for turning To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Thursday, February 17, 2011, 11:37 AM Cut up in 1" lengths and put them in the intake of your heating system but if you are splitting wood, you might just be heating with a wood stove and have no intake. On the oak if it is not White Oak, it will turn black when wet. How do I know, wellllll. Tony --- On Thu, 2/17/11, Wayne Blake-Hedges <wayneb22...@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Wayne Blake-Hedges <wayneb22...@yahoo.com> Subject: [VFB] RE: drying wood for turning To: "virtual flybox" <vfb-mail@googlegroups.com> Date: Thursday, February 17, 2011, 8:35 AM Hi All; I was splitting wood last weekend and ran across a really neat looking piece of burled Oak. I got to thinking it would make a grreat reel seat. Anyone know how to quickly dry wood for turning?? microwave??? Thanks in advance Wayneb -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
