Works of wood turning    [Page7]

Jan. 05/2005
Natural Edge
I challenge in a Natural Edge. I made a small glass because I didn't have big material.
1.I got camphor tree and Podocarpus of the live tree from the friend in the neighborhood. Also, I bought the log of acacia from the IKEDA timber shop in Hokkaidou. I makes goblet which has the natural edge, which had an interest from before with the material in them.
2.First, I turning from a camphor tree.
3.I turning for the first time at the live tree. It is possible to shave it feeling well. I seem improved at playing go. The scent of a camphor tree is good.
4.Next, I use podocarpus. It was planting this podocarpus in the windbreak around the pear yard in the neighborhood. I got when felling it.
5.I think that feeling is very good which convey from gouge. The bark is smooth, being white.
6.In the last, it is acacia. This, too, can do turning feeling well.
7.The contrast with the dark brown of the heartwood is good.
8.It is a small glass but it has an create an atmosphere of the natural edge. I intends to paint urethane after dry up.

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