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Spalted Beech bowl

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Made his first thing this morning before me mates turned up 11 1/2” Spalted Beech this gave my day a good start in preparation for a day of enjoying the company of likeminded friends over a few sherbets down the local lol IMG_6441.jpeg
 

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Very nice. You’ve presented the spalting really well. Turning spalted wood is nearly always a mystery of what you’re going to get.
 
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Michael M. said:
Very nice. You’ve presented the spalting really well. Turning spalted wood is nearly always a mystery of what you’re going to get.
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This was quite a nice piece no soft pucky material all quite solid which made it a joy to turn
 
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howsitwork? said:
have you tried stabilizing any with punky bits? I’ve used wood hardener but apart from it stinking it was not a resounding success
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Yes I use a cheep super-thin CA glue as well as hardening the wood it darkens it
 
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howsitwork? said:
have you tried stabilizing any with punky bits? I’ve used wood hardener but apart from it stinking it was not a resounding success
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Wood hardener doesn’t seem to work very well on spalted wood and I also use super thin super glue on spalted wood that has gone past its best or, if it’s really bad but I want to keep it, I dunk the lot in a bath of cactus juice and vacuum it down. Stabilising with cactus juice also darkens the wood quite a bit. I always stabilise punky pen blanks in cactus juice, it makes life so much easier.
 
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Very nice job mate and that certainly is a lovely piece of Beech.... You do turn some stunning bits😍😍😍
 
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