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In this video I use a rotten burl from an unknown (to me) type of tree. I think that these fragile wood pieces hide a lot of beauty and resin can help a lot to preserve it. So I made a resin and wood blank and turned it on the lathe. I hope you like the result.
I spotted this burl on a tee in my neighbourhood. Once I touched it I realised I could remove it by hand. So I took it to make something out of it.
I first flattened one side on the belt sander.
Next I made a mold out of an old Ice cream box and a piece of plywood. I hot glued the mold on the plywood and I used a drop of silicone to seal it from leaks. To prevent it from floating in the resin I used rubber bands and a scrap wood piece.
I then mixed some epoxy resin and added some orange transparent dye.
I poured the resin into the mold and de-gassed in the vacuum chamber.
Once the resin was cured, I de-moulded it and found the centre of the plywood piece. I drew a few circles to help me align the piece on the glue chuck. I then epoxied the hole piece on the glue chuck.
Using plywood wasn’t the best choice. Plywood is really hard on woodturning tools. But that’s what I had.
I turned my piece true using a bowl gouge and a round nose scrapper. I also used a parting tool.
I sanded dry from 100 to 300. Then I started wet sanding using mineral oil from 400 to 1000. I then started polishing with my micro mesh sanding pads.
Next I parted the piece off the lathe and turned it around using my bowl bottom cleaning jaws. Same stuff again, scrapping sanding and polishing.
Finally I buffed the piece with my buffing wheel and carnauba wax.
Last but not least I made a base out of basswood. I cut the piece on the table saw and hand carved it give it some texture. I painted it black with water based stain.
And my little burl was ready. I really like looking at these strange beautiful shapes nature creates. But that was it. See you soon with a new project video.
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