Spalted Ringshake Beech Bowl

[John Hart]

Howdy,
A while back, some of you may remember a very large chunk of Beech that had ringshake. I cut it up into smaller pieces and decided to try and salvage some of it. Even though this blank still had the problem, I figured that I could repair it, if it had a problem. Well.....It had a problem. It exploded while I was gouging out the center. No injuries, no problems. I kinda expected it. Anyway, the result was this bowl. It is 6" in Diameter and 4" high, with a .115 wall thickness. The wall gets thicker toward the bottom. Just some BLO on it for now. I'll finish with the Secret stuff over the weekend. Thanks for lookin' :)

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[Bernie Weishapl]

John the bowl is beautiful. Thanks for posting start to finish. That gives us that are new to this a idea of what to look for. Great work John as always.

[Mike Ramsey]

Good save John, looks pretty good for leftovers....

[Mark Cothren]

That's a great bowl, John! Some great spalting there!

Thanks for all the pictures!

[Cecil Arnold]

Nice bowl John, good save.

[Bill Stevener]

Very nice bowl John. Not much left from that big chunk you had, however you have a keeper.

Now if you were to cut a bunch of that up in to 1" sq about 6" long or so, set em aside to dry, I could get a lot of mines out of it. :D

Bill.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>:)

[Andy Hoyt]

Nice save John. Too bad it happened but it's still a sweet looking piece. What kinda glue was that? Almost looks like PL400.

[Dick Parr]

Really great save John and it a very nice look bowl. Nice job:)

[Ed Scolforo]

To go where no man dare.... John, that was a great save, beautifully done! Ed

[Bob Noles]

John,

All's well that end's well and man did that one end well :)

That is one fantastic looking bowl.

[John Hart]

Thanks everyone. I'll probably be able to get 4 or 5 decent sized pieces like this out of that chunk, plus about 100 spalted pen blanks. There is a large spalted slab that will make a 15" platter too...So it doesn't seem like too much of a loss.


...Now if you were to cut a bunch of that up in to 1" sq about 6" long or so, set em aside to dry, I could get a lot of mines out of it. :D ...

I bet you could!!! And I think I'll do that.;)


Nice save John. Too bad it happened but it's still a sweet looking piece. What kinda glue was that? Almost looks like PL400.

I use regular ol' System 3 clear epoxy and mixed it with Beech sanding dust. I think it turned out too light though. Any future ones, I'll probably mix it with ebony or walnut or something.

[Michael Stafford]

John, that piece of wood was worth whatever efforts it took to save it. A beautiful piece of wood turned into a beautiful bowl with a great save! Excellent!;) :D

[Robert Mickley]

Great save John, I really like spalted beech.

[Gary Max]

John --Great looking bowl---Love the wall thickness--Thin is IN

[Travis Stinson]

Great save John. The end result was definitely worth the effort.

[Michael Stafford]

I use regular ol' System 3 clear epoxy and mixed it with Beech sanding dust. I think it turned out too light though. Any future ones, I'll probably mix it with ebony or walnut or something.


John, I don't know anything so take this for what it is worth. Sometimes I find it necessary to fill voids and use mixtures of sawdust, coffee grinds and other fillers to do that. But in the case of a repair such as you made on this bowl I think that plain ole epoxy used as an adhesive and properly cured will come as close to disappearing as anything under a finish. Now that statement is made assuming that you had to use the epoxy to completely reattach the piece that came loose. I find that if you mix colored materials in the epoxy for a large glue job like that it emphasizes the repair whereas the clear epoxy alone disappears. Just my thoughts and I still think it is a great looking bowl with a great story.

[Glenn Hodges]

John, you did a professional job at saving this bowl.

[Jim Dunn]

John very nice save (why do I feel like a hockey goalie coach with all these nice saves) on an other wise big chunk of kindling.

I'm in the middle of turning a glue up, then I'll start on handle from that hickory:)

Jim

[John Miliunas]

Way cool, John! You're a gutsy guy, I'll say that much. I think I may have given up after the first explosion! Really turned out pretty trick, IMHO. Way to go and don't forget the pics after the "Secret Finish"! :) :cool:

[Jim Becker]

Why...that's just beechy!!! :D (Nice stuff, John...)

[Keith Burns]

Mr. Hart that is a wonderful piece, great save:) :)

[Ernie Nyvall]

Well you certainly found a nice chunk in there. Nice bowl John.

Ernie