Wet Wood, Florida Live Oak

[@DougMilleratWoodSpunRound]

Well done Jeff. A live edge looks great as it warps and moves. We just hope to reduce/eliminate any cracking. Keeping oil on it is a great way to help with that process. Good looking chunk of wood and a beautiful bowl.

[@mcdonaldjs]

I appreciate the comment. I am happy you enjoyed the video. I have a bunch of half logs ready to be made into bowls. I find turning wet wood much easier but now I need to try and prevent to much warping or cracking, Merry Christmas.

[@CaptJohn-op3bf]

Beautiful bowl Jeff! Nice work...

[@mcdonaldjs]

Thank you! I love working with wet live oak wood. Merry Christmas!

[@timfreeman1230]

Nice Bowl Jeff. I turn a lot of wet wood, I use an old dehumidifier in a big wood box with metal shelves to dry my bowls and have had great success. I'll turn them a little thick (1' for every 10' bowl diameter ) when they are around 10% moisture (usually around 2 months) I'll remount it on the lathe and thin it out and true it up from any warping that might have happened while drying. I have turned around 200 bowls like this and have had probably had 10 crack or warp so bad I couldn't do anything with them.

[@mcdonaldjs]

I am glad to hear about your success with wet wood bowls and your drying process! I have also been using your same process for turning wet wood but I came across this way to turn wet by watching “turn a wood bowl channel” on KZbin and thought I would try it. So far so good. Wish me luck. Merry Christmas!

[@daviddejong187]

Nice project and good channel. I subbed.

[@mcdonaldjs]

Thank you for subscribing! More to come!

[@coskunturkoglu9740]

good job...

[@mcdonaldjs]

Thank you so much 😀

[@TurninandLearnin-p5w]

Will you put an update after a while to show any movement or lack there of ???

[@mcdonaldjs]

Thank you for this suggestion. So far I have notice a couple small cracks, 1/4” long in the base and a crack about 1/2” long in the foot of the bowl. I believe this is because I am still a little too thick in these areas and not consistently thin all over. I am controlling the cracks by using black and brown CA glue and keeping the bowl oiled.

[@mcdonaldjs]

I plan to turn another wet bowl soon but get it thiner. I am now working on segmented bowls to replenish my Etsy Shop or I would do it now. I find experimenting exciting