Bill Esposito
06-19-2005, 4:52 PM
Hi folks,
This is the first turning from that Blank Grab Bag I got from John. This first piece is spalted ash. It was very soft and being a relative newbie at this I haven't done much work with spalted materials. I had a hard time with tearout even using every trick I know and the piece actually ripped off the tenon. I had to mount the piece upside down and continue...so most of the spalting is on the bottom. The piece is probably 1/8th to 3/16th's of an inch wall thickness and 6" in diameter by 3" tall.
http://cerealport.net/woodworking/spaltedbeechform1.jpg
http://cerealport.net/woodworking/spaltedbeechform2.jpg
This is the first turning from that Blank Grab Bag I got from John. This first piece is spalted ash. It was very soft and being a relative newbie at this I haven't done much work with spalted materials. I had a hard time with tearout even using every trick I know and the piece actually ripped off the tenon. I had to mount the piece upside down and continue...so most of the spalting is on the bottom. The piece is probably 1/8th to 3/16th's of an inch wall thickness and 6" in diameter by 3" tall.
http://cerealport.net/woodworking/spaltedbeechform1.jpg
http://cerealport.net/woodworking/spaltedbeechform2.jpg