Black Locust candy plate

This end grain plate was turned green knowing that it would crack. This wood seems to crack almost as fast as you can carry it in from cutting it! I turned it immediately, it's a very hard wood, dulls tools very quickly even green. It was allowed to dry (and crack)for about a month till the weight stabilized. Then I filled the cracks with epoxy mixed with contrasting colour earth pigment. Then returned sanded and finished with 2 coats Minwax antique oil, allowed to cure for a week then 3 coats of Target coatings EM2000WVX for a hard glossy food safe finish.

Don

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Don Andrews

Registered: December 2008
Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
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Date: Sat June 20, 2009
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Rev. Doug Miller

Rev. Doug Miller

Very good job. I don't think we see enough end grain turning. Can make some very interesting patterns that we miss otherwise. 8-)

#1 Sat June 20, 2009 4:07am

Don Andrews

A friend said he had just finished limbing a large tree, did I want any of the wood? When I first saw this piece of wood, it was chainsaw shaped into a disc and my mind pictured the plate. I turned it within hours, and tried an LDD soak, but it still cracked. It sat around the shop because I really liked the grain. Then thought of a way to "save" it.

Don

#2 Sat June 20, 2009 1:58pm