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Apricot, CostCo and LDD

So this guy now has an orange, Borg Orange, five gallon bucket of a bunch of roughed to round, fresh cut, apricot, submerged in an orange, Costco Orange, 50-50 solution of water and Kirkland ?Fresh Citrus Scented Ultra Concentrated Dish Liquid, Anti-Bacterial Hand Soap, More Gentle on Hands, Tough On Grease?. From The Wood Turners Catalog

2004/2005 he?s read ?Probably the best of all the fruitwoods, apricot . . .? and that a 10 inch long 8 inch in diameter half ?log? of it is about 1.75 board feet, weighing about 10 pounds , which, at $1.99 per pound, costs about twenty bucks, which comes to $11 and change per BF. This apricot must be very special wood ?cause, per BF, it?s more expensive than kiln dried S4S figured maple, claro walnut, flame birch, mahogany, cherry or quarter sawn white oak and it?s green.

As suggested, this stuff turns nicely green, at least the piece that was done before the LDD immersion.

Now that this guy has committed some nice stuff to an LDD bath, the thought has occured to him that LDD could be the wood turners? version of a snipe hunt, the mechanics? left handed open end wrench and the whamadilly that grinds smoke. The $10 and change investment in CostCo?s house brand liguid dishwahsing soap and the $3.50 bucket will be nothing compared to the price to replace the apricot pieces should that be the case.

Nah - no woodworker would do that to another woodworker.

Anyway - have a look. This stuff?s interesting

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Anyone have the drying schedule for LDD treated turnings? charlie b

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charlie b
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Very nice work Charlie, it's hard to believe that you're new to this, all your stuff comes out so nicely. Fruitwoods are lots of fun and very pretty. No snipe, I promise. Didn't Leif send you a copy of the LDD treatise? If not, let me know and I will. There is NO drying schedule with LDD, you soak it, you turn it, you finish it. If you're interrupted, you toss it back into the LDD until you can get back to it. A Google on LDD will cover this, and ratios, in depth.

Keep up the good work and enjoy youself. Dave in Fairfax

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Dave in Fairfax

=====>You've seen through me and the Great LDD Cabal, Conspiracy, Chowder and Marching Society. I was wondering when someone besides George would figure it out!! Thanks for the outing, Charlie. I wasn't quite ready for it yet as I could still have made more money selling "The World-famous Treatise on LDD," but that's OK old buddy. I am introducing a new concept to replace the LDD. It is an old Norwegian woodturners secret for preventing cracks and warps in turnings. I can't give you the details now, but I can tell you that it involves using lutefisk. Keep the faith, Charlie! Maybe your apricot might not split, crack or warp if you believe strongly enough. (Clicking your heels three times and ruby slippers are optional, but helpful. Just don't let the wife or kids catch you at it!)

Leif

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Leif Thorvaldson

Don't listen to him. As a Norge of American decent I can tell you that the correct method of perserving wood is to soke it in lye for 6 months along with a good cod fish. After 6 months throw away the fish and wood and eat a paper plate wit salt, pepper, and a good white sause. You can turn the cod fish but don't feed it to the neighbor cats. Better give it to the Sons of Norway. Lutefisk is Health food. You need to be healthy to eat it.

To tell the truth LLD works for some people. Don't give up. Apricot has a beautifully color and makes a wonderfull bowl. It does tend to come apart easy. I have one of the oldest trees in the area nicly drying in my shop. The first bowl i made from it came apart like you would not belive. The only piece left was the 2" puck in the chuck. I cut a 14" bowl wraped it in duct tape and cut the inside, than through it in a plastic bag for 3 months. The owner loves it. It warped like you would not believe. The hart wood started out white and keeps geeting darker with time. I love apricot. Good luck and let us know how it works. Post on APBW.

Thanks

Henry

My Grandpaw was Hendrick Horn from Horn Norg.

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Henry

"Ole, I have bad news."

"What is it, Sven?"

"The salt cod dropped into the lye bucket some time ago. I don't know when."

"Sven, we'll starve until the Norwegian spring in August if we can't eat that codfish. Let's try boiling it, and calling it a delicacy. Lutefisk! A Norwegian word that means "@@#$%$#(*&)!!!!! "And how about you move the lye bucket?"

"Okay, Ole. Are you sure you should use the aluminum pot?"

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Dave Balderstone

I've heard you put it in an orange paper bag and hang it on a clothes line indoors with the grain oriented north to south.

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Gerald Ross

Fine Woodworking, way back in the black-and-white days had an article on a Scandinavian woodcarver who prevented his spoons from splitting by rubbing a boiled potato - or was it baked? - on the end grain. Always puzzled me, because the ones I carve are dried outside in the sun with no problems. So if your method involves potatoes, it's been done.

Uff da.

Lutefisk....

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George

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