First off..........I despise wood munchin' critters! All except woodturners of course! I have a vision every once in a while of doing a certain form, and then something gets in the way of my vision! I like pristine wood..........at least, those pieces I want for display I want to turn out to really look good. Some folks call things like this "character," I just call them annoying!
My neighbor next door took down an ash tree on our property line about 3 months ago........asked me if I wanted the wood, and of course I said yes.......I like turning ash, and he did not have to haul it off, just put it on pallets next to my firewood pile. I decided I wanted to take a piece of it and do something with it, so I got a log piece about 20" in length and put between centers and proceeded to take off bark and make it cylindrical...........then I began to see the worm tracks!
The worms have left some fill material..........would you pick it out, or leave it as is, and put a finish on it? What is your vote? I have seen some fairly well known turners post about leaving the "material" in as is.............what do you think?
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Wood munchers...........who needs 'em?!!!