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Offline Les Symonds

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Spalted ash bowl
« on: February 22, 2015, 06:21:39 PM »
The first of the bowls that I'm making as stock for the new shop. This one's out of a 12"x2" piece of ash from a 2 cu ft board that I bought for a tenner off a guy in Worcs, who sold me his entire stock of timber when he suddenly had to move home.....his loss was my gain!

It has just about everything you could ask for from ash, even crinkly spalt lines running down the ripples.









I sanded this up to 400 and was happy with the finish, but then I decided to back-peddle and re-sand it, but this time sanding hard with 80grit, then back up to 400. The result is very tactile - you can feel every ripple in the bowl. Finished with Danish Oil, buffed after every coat.

C&C always welcome....Les
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Re: Spalted ash bowl
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2015, 06:25:02 PM »
Sometimes breaking the rules work. Sanding 'too hard' on ash or oak can give a lovely tactile finish as you have found. Especially if the wood is spalted and therefore softer. You now have a bowl that shouts 'pick me up and feel me' which makes it a much better seller, just what you want for the new gallery. Nice start.

pete
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Re: Spalted ash bowl
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2015, 07:05:18 PM »
I love spalted Ash ant this a very nice piece.

Regards George
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Re: Spalted ash bowl
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2015, 07:37:22 PM »
The ripple in the spalting is really different, it almost looks like knitting, One Purl, One Plain.
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Offline edbanger

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Re: Spalted ash bowl
« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2015, 11:48:53 PM »
yet another lovely piece

Ed
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Re: Spalted ash bowl
« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2015, 02:59:27 PM »

     Very Nice Les some lovely spalting.....Tony had a pleasant surprise the first time he turned Spalted Ash.
       di Tony
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Re: Spalted ash bowl
« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2015, 04:30:41 PM »
That's a beauty, it won't stay on the shelf for long.
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Re: Spalted ash bowl
« Reply #7 on: February 25, 2015, 07:26:47 PM »
The rippled spalting is amazing. Very nice piece.
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