Cherry cup

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John Fenna

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Oct 7, 2006
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My latest make - a Cherry wood cup.
I carved it green and slowly dried it.
It was not until the final sanding that it split!
I filled the crack with glue and sawdust (it would not pull back together) and oiled the cup with flaxseed oil.
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lovely john and a shame about the crack...i seem to see this happening all the time in threads here and its something thats always put me off even bothering to try in the first place...

regards

s
 
I was warned that it would crack ... let's hope the square bowl/plate I am working on fares better...
As to targets Mesquite - I would prefer that you shot my arm again to you shooting this cup!
And I do not really want you shooting my arm again....
 
I was warned that it would crack ... let's hope the square bowl/plate I am working on fares better...
As to targets Mesquite - I would prefer that you shot my arm again to you shooting this cup!
And I do not really want you shooting my arm again....

Well - as I was in the toilet tent at the time I could not see the culprit...
 
Love the way the grain encourages you to drink from it. Really lovely work.

Sent via smokesignal from a woodland in Scotland.
 
Very tidy work there mate... shame about the crack, cherry is a bugger for it. I've got some 8" dia cherry logs in the workshop that i harvested for a similar purpose.... that was about 4 years ago, the ends sealed with beeswax, and i still daren't cut into them
 

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