AWGB Woodturning Forum
General Category => Gallery => Topic started by: Derek on August 20, 2019, 05:40:20 PM
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I have managed to get quite a bit of time in the shed lately which makes a change.
I am not sure where this wood came from but I have a couple of pieces of this and this is the first to be turned. I tried to keep the form simple to show off the wood.
A nice simple finish of sander sealer and beeswax which I brought off of a local beekeeper who mixes it with a hard wax possibly carnauba
Measures 8" X 2 1/2"
C & C welcome
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Spalte Ash Maybe
Regards George
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I was more inclined to think that it was spalted beech, especially from seeing the inclusion in one of the pictures.
Les
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Lovely shape. Definitely allows the wood to do the talking :)
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Actually, I think this is spalted birch. Nice shape and finish.
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i need to see a close up of the endgrain and face grain before i can help with this one.
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Looks like spalted beech to me, those paler marks often seen in it.
Pete
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I did not reply last night as I wanted to take some more photos of the wood as I have another 5 pieces of this so it must have been an odd log that I was given.
Anyway, here are some of the unturned pieces.
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I think that settles it: beech it is.
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agreed...
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There are many fungi that cause spalting, not all cause the dramatic black lines we tend to generalise as spalting. I seem to note that it also depends upon how wet/dry the wood is when the fungi takes hold.
I've not seen this shape bowl for quite a while now, it is one I like, so thank you for resurrecting it for me.
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Thank you Bryan. This is a new shape to me was going to carve three feet but decided that I liked the foot as it is