Ken Glass
09-16-2008, 8:40 PM
Hey Gang,
This one had just one too many worm holes to stay together, but was a little challenging, so I went ahead and finished it. My question is, do you dig out your worm holes or leave in the worm tracks? Of course some of them loosen and come out during turning, but some although loose, some stay in, even through finishing. This one had some big ones in some critical places and I was not able to save it. Had it only had the large hole near and into the rim, it might have been salvageable, but too much of the collar came off while I was turning off the tenon. It is spalted Sycamore with some mighty big worm holes. Its now a scrap pile learning experience, but still was fun to turn. You can see there are several worm holes that I left intact.
This one had just one too many worm holes to stay together, but was a little challenging, so I went ahead and finished it. My question is, do you dig out your worm holes or leave in the worm tracks? Of course some of them loosen and come out during turning, but some although loose, some stay in, even through finishing. This one had some big ones in some critical places and I was not able to save it. Had it only had the large hole near and into the rim, it might have been salvageable, but too much of the collar came off while I was turning off the tenon. It is spalted Sycamore with some mighty big worm holes. Its now a scrap pile learning experience, but still was fun to turn. You can see there are several worm holes that I left intact.