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Curly ash question
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09-22-2017, 07:56 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-23-2017, 02:16 PM by Dave Diaman.)
Hey guys. I scored a ton of this curly ash that I'm going to turn into turning blanks to sell eventually. My question is about the moisture content. Right now they are 20-25% moisture content. Would turners in general rather have them at the current MC or prefer dry? I always turn dry material but I'm turning for furniture which is a whole different animal.
09-23-2017, 11:53 AM
That is some nice wood for sure.
To me I really do not care what the MC is and would let it dry for a while when I had other things to make. That also would be great for bowls and vases to. Bowl sizes that I like are 8x8x3 to 10x10x4-5 Vases I like are 4x4x8-12 to 6x6x8-12 If you had a kiln that MC is about 10%
As of this time I am not teaching vets to turn. Also please do not send any items to me without prior notification. Thank You Everyone.
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09-23-2017, 12:22 PM
(09-22-2017, 07:56 PM)Dave Diaman Wrote: Hey guys. I scored a ton of this curly ash that I'm going to turn into turning blanks to sell eventually. My question is about the moisture content. Right now they are 20-25% moisture content. Would turners in general rather have them at the current MC or prefer dry? I always turn dry material but I'm turning for furniture which is a whole diff Dave. For bowls and vessels I think lots of turners prefer green wood so just cut and seal it and it'll be good to go. I'd be interested in a couple vessel blanks. The sizes Arlin mentioned are good. Mike 
09-23-2017, 02:14 PM
I also agree with what Arlin said. I like his choices for sizes, also.
Rick
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09-23-2017, 02:15 PM
I'm going to go pick up the material tomorrow. It is all still in short log form right now so I will still need to break it down into blanks. It's too bad the tree wasn't clean enough for lumber because the wood is beautiful. I'm not a big ash fan but I just couldn't let that wood go into a fire wood pile somewhere. My guess was most turners would not want it dried but I wanted to make sure before I started cutting and sealing stuff.
09-24-2017, 08:36 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-24-2017, 08:38 PM by Rodneywt1180b.)
Dave how much do you want for it? I might be interested in some for cane shanks. I'd need them about 3 ft long by 1 1/2" square.
Pretty stuff. Rodney EDIT: Bigger is good too. I can rip it here. |
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