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What do I see in a log? Morris Young

By Station Gallery 
on June 20, 2018
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Many people have asked if I have a vision in what I can create with a piece of wood.  My simple answer is yes; well sometimes.  In general, turning something from a plank of wood purchased from a store whether it be Home Depot or Woodchuckers  I will likely not skew from my initial design.  Working with a log, I will have a concept of what I want to do but when you open up a piece of wood there may be a lot of variables to consider. Is it  punky?, what’s the grain like?, color?, does it have knots?, are there any stones? is it safe to work with.  In this blog I will take you on a photo journey in my workshop starting with a small log.  The wood is Juniper, 4″ in diameter, 15″ in length.  My project is to create a vase.  Based  on the size of the wood I decided to make two vases therefore cutting the  log having 10 ” and 5″ pieces.

The first order of business it to remove the bark. I want to have a contrast of sap wood and heart wood on my finished piece.  I must turn the bark and some of the sap wood away and create the design that will be pleasing to me.

It’s starting to take shape and I like the contrast of the white sap wood and red heart wood. With finish on, this will make a very nice vase.  I hollow out the center and sand to 600 grit.  I will apply a mixture of Tung oil and shellac finishing it on the lathe at about 2500 rpm’s.  This creates a French polish. Using a buffing system buff at 1700 rpm, cut the vase off the waste wood, sand the bottom, finish and there you have a finished project.

I do the same process with the smaller piece of wood.

When done I have two vases that will be on display at the Fenelon Station Gallery.  Hope to see you there.

Morris will next be in the gallery on June 22nd.

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