[Woodworkers] Centerpieces?

[Doug Pauls]

You can soak it in Linseed oil.

On Tue, Nov 15, 2016, 11:29 AM Steve Bigelow <sbig333 at gmail.com> wrote:

> The bark will stay on better if the tree is cut during the winter.
>
> You'll need to make sure it it is dry and stabilized. Also, use something
> like Pentacryl to help stabilize it.
> You could use Cactus Juice to stabilize as well, but that gets pretty
> expensive. It's about $100 per gallon. Of course, Pentacryl is in the same
> price range, but you don't need to use as much.
>
> Use CA glue to glue back together split pieces, and use colored epoxy to
> help fill in splits.
>
> Drilling out the center tends to help keep the piece from splitting.
>
> I would use maple or walnut for something like this. Cherry seems to split
> if you look at it wrong, so that's probably your worst choice.
>
> Regards,
> -Steve
> http://woodworking.bigelowsite.com
> http://pen-blanks.us
>
> On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 2:30 AM, Thomas E Lovelace <t.lovelace at icloud.com>
> wrote:
>
> A Grand Daughter is to be married later next year and wants a few wooden
> centerpieces as shown in the photo.
> Am concerned about drying and cracking.
> Should these be made of live wood or well dried material?
> Appreciate any tips from you folks that may have done something like this!
>
>
>
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