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General Category => Brag Forum => Topic started by: EIEIO on March 31, 2014, 06:25:18 pm
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A customer ordered five of these 10" baskets in Black Walnut. He wanted a heavier wall, so these are 0.25" thick rings. I got a 10.5" wide board from a local sawmill, about 12' long ($10.50), that will be more than enough for this set. The walnut had been drying in his barn for some years and looked pretty washed out. It was cut from off-center of the log so the heartwood is mixed with sapwood. I was a little concerned that the color might not come back. Shows how much I know.
The basket is finished with Howard's Butcher Block Conditioner, basically a food safe mineral oil mixed with bee and carnuba wax. It came up so dark that it looks like it was burned with a torch. The sapwood veining really sets it off.
The second photo is the basket bottom showing my new brand. The wood is so dark that the brand is a little hard to read in the photo, but it shows up pretty well in person. I have been looking for 2014 pennies (or any 2014 US coin) to embed in the bottom but have not been able to locate any yet.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wcK9OYS5nVE/Uznof8eMxEI/AAAAAAAABao/dT0oVTi-FjE/w1152-h862-no/BW+Basket1.jpg)(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RSQ3-B0IC6E/Uzycp_25TBI/AAAAAAAABbM/HsolTw1lCDY/w739-h905-no/BW+Basket3.jpg)
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That is a pretty basket. Black Walnut always looks great when finished. Thanks for sharing these with us.
DW
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Very nice Ray, Thanks for sharing.
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great basket Raymond,
only see one pic, but it's very nice.
like the grain and the darkness of the wood.
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Very, Very Nice, Ray!
Sounds like an excellent deal on the wood also!
Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse
(I also can only see one pic)
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Looks greate, good job.
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The wood looks awesome, I love dark wood. Cant see the second photo though. Great work EIEIO
Marg
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Very nice Ray, too i only sea one picture, hey but love the walnut.
***Merlin***
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The wood is beautiful, I wish we could get it that cheap over here.
The bowl looks excellent, but I too can see only one picture.
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EIEIO: Beautiful and useful work, thanks for sharing.
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great job Ray thanks for sharing
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WOW !!! Turned out really nice. I have not worked with black walnut its hard to find around these parts. Is it a hard wood to cut ???
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Looks great! thanks for sharing.
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Nice basket Ray, and that wood looks gorgeous.
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For some reason the 2nd photo disappeared from Picassa. I replaced it and I hope it holds.
Mickey - Walnut is a nice hard wood but it cuts beautifully on the scroll saw. I cut the outside of the outer ring with a #12 w/o any issue. I switched to a #5 for the other rings so I could use a smaller starter hole. It also cut perfectly, if a little slower. The cut comes off the saw looking like it was polished, but because it had dried so long (about 5 years I think) it looked a light color - almost silver like aged cedar. After the wipe-down with Howard's Butcher Block Conditioner the heartwood blackened but the sapwood stayed pretty light.
The 2nd picture is from my new branding iron. I'm still playing with the heating time, but I like the result.
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Ray,
Beautiful work! I love it!
I love working with black walnut. It cuts smoothly and finishes up nice. If you cant find Walnut locally try Ebay. If you poke around you will find many small mom and pop sawmills sell there for extra cash.
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Very nice Ray! Thanks for the sharing and the info.
Al