Johnathan Silwones is starting a new AAW chapter, Southern Alleghenies Woodturners, in Johnstown, PA. (click here for details)
Congratulations to Peter Jacobson for "Red Winged Burl Bowl" being selected as Turning of the Week for April 29, 2024
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I got this beautiful piece of
spalted Maple from another
wood turner who has had to
give up his country place and
move into an apartment. I
looked at it, sitting in my
shop, for about three months,
before tackling it. The
problem was that if I made a
round platter out of...
Some time ago I posted some preliminary pictures in another forum of a 16" bubinga platter I was working on that included some carving to mask a defect. A could weeks ago I finally got it completed and "finished". Given the shop renovation in progress, I ended up top coating it...
Too bad it is going to darken. But then, maybe the people who have never seen Padauk before will believe me when I tell them it is wood. Now I have to convince them by showing them the little knot in the bottom piece of sapwood.
This is made from a large plank of sapwood, which I ebonized using vinegar and steel wool. I never could have afforded the heartwood. All of it was turned into gunstocks, and the sawmill operator earned a years pay out of the one log.
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