Whats wrong with pine ?

[Phil Pascoe]

Sometimes you can be really lucky with old, large demolition timber for pine, as it tended then to be slower grown as it was not over harvested and sometimes from further north as well which gives a tighter grain.
Peter, that is one lovely bowl. I'll put money on it you haven't over heated one since.

 

[krashbandikoot]

I don't see anything wrong with pine, most of my stuff is made from it and it's always served me well.

I can't say I've ever found it rips and tears but maybe that's just me??

I've made up all sorts of boards out of it as I find the grain easy to match so when biscuit and gluing together I get a very slight join line which I've found is easy to remove with an random orbital sander using a 100 grit paper to start then finishing on a 240 grit. The wife has a real passion for burnt wood at the moment so anything I've made the only real issue I've found is when I've attacked the piece with my blow torch when it comes to varnishing it seems to really suck up the varnish meaning 4 or 5 coats are required rather than just a couple of coats on plain stained and sanded wood.

While I do agree there are a lot of knots in pine, to my mind this just adds character unless of course you're ripping where a knot is then the knots tend to pop out. A solution I've found to this is to collect any resin in an old jam jar and paint the knot before reinserting it, surprisingly the resin works better than the wood glue though it does take a while to dry even with a heat gun on it.

 

[Grahamshed]

Peter, that bowl is outstanding. There are very few woods ( OMHO ) which could humble the figuring on that.

Thankyou but flattery will get you nowhere!

Regards, Peter.

Where was I trying to get ?