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Shedua Platter #1 Interior<\/p><\/div>\n

I found the Shedua easy to cut, but to be fair, I had just replaced or rotated the carbide cutters in my Easy Wood Tools since I had been working with a good deal of woods with high silica content that will rapidly dull edges.<\/p>\n

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Shedua Platter #2 Interior<\/p><\/div>\n

I also found that the cross grain areas did not cut cleanly at all and that this effect was greater on the outside of the vessel than the inside which I found odd that it should be do much different. These areas required considerably more sanding detail and attention than the with the grain areas. On the exterior I actually needed to lock the spindle and do focused sanding which quickly resolved the issues although that is a step I don’t often need to take. On the contrary, the interior cross grain areas sanding out twice as easily and didn’t require this focused effort.<\/p>\n

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Shedua Platter #2 Side View<\/p><\/div>\n

I find, as I did before, that there is a very slight but not unpleasant scent when working with Shedua.<\/p>\n

Shedua by any of its names seems relatively difficult to locate these days. I sourced mine from Got Wood? in South Carolina. Those guys are great to work with, they always deliver a superior product, and their shipping is quite reasonable to boot. They still have good supplies of Shedua in both cut round bowl\/platter blanks as well as some spindles. Even 9″ x 2″ blanks are only $23.63 with everything smaller featuring smaller prices as well.<\/p>\n

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Shedua Platter #1 Side View<\/p><\/div>\n

All cuts were made using the Easy Wood Tool<\/a> system on my Robust American Beauty<\/a> lathe. Forward chucking was in a Nova Chuck,<\/a> while reverse chucking was done using a Nova Chuck with Cole Jaws<\/a>. Sanding was with Gold and Green Wave sanding discs from Packard Woodworks<\/a>. Final finish is Shellawax<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As always, I wish all my readers a great experience in whatever your wood working interests happen to be and to those who like working with lathes especially, do a good turn today!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"