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01-01-2009, 12:48 PM
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| Moderation Team   Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Goodland, Kansas First Name: Bernie Posts: 1,064  |
Well did get some turning done besides bottle stoppers and birdhouses although I can't complain with the money they brought in. Here is a spalted maple bowl that I turned from a chuck of wood. It looked like it was starting to spalt so I put some really wet chips in a brown grocery sack along with the blank. I kept changing the chips as they dried out. Well finally I pulled it out and decided to give it a go and here is what turned out. It was finished with one coat Seal-A-Cell and 3 coats of Arm-R-Seal then buffed. It is 9 1/2" X 3 3/4". I really liked how it turned out.
__________________ Bernie W. aka Poppa A bad day of turning is still better than a good day at the office. Last edited by BernieW; 01-01-2009 at 01:16 PM. | ||
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01-01-2009, 01:06 PM
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| Registered User  Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Fort Worth,Texas USA First Name: George Posts: 2,443 |
Beautiful work, Bernie. I really like spalted maple.
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01-01-2009, 04:30 PM
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You bring out the best in the wood!
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01-01-2009, 10:54 PM
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| Moderation Team Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Goodland, Kansas First Name: Bernie Posts: 1,064 |
Thanks for the comments. This piece of wood spalted just about perfectly.
__________________ Bernie W. aka Poppa A bad day of turning is still better than a good day at the office. | ||
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01-02-2009, 07:49 AM
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Just beautiful Bernie. I've been waiting for a long time for someone to ask what spalted is all about but as no one has, I can't wait any longer, would you please explain.
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01-02-2009, 06:50 PM
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| Moderation Team Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Goodland, Kansas First Name: Bernie Posts: 1,064 |
The black lines in the wood are a fungus which has spread in the wood. Once the wood is cut is dies but leaves the black stripping. It can be some beautiful stuff. On green wood there are several ways of which I am not a expert on that you can make wood splat. Thanks Harry.
__________________ Bernie W. aka Poppa A bad day of turning is still better than a good day at the office. | ||
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01-03-2009, 12:28 AM
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Are these finishing products rated as being food safe? (It seems a shame to use this where it could get dirty!)
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01-03-2009, 10:33 AM
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01-09-2009, 09:10 AM
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Great piece Bernie. love the spalting in it. Cheers Pete
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01-09-2009, 10:07 PM
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| Moderation Team Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Goodland, Kansas First Name: Bernie Posts: 1,064 |
Thank you Pete. This was a really nice piece.
__________________ Bernie W. aka Poppa A bad day of turning is still better than a good day at the office. | ||
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