After rough turning a bunch of bowls, we decided to boil them! The idea is to rupture the cell walls, free the bound water, and expedite the drying process. It’s working so far
Learning to work with green spalted maple. Using a 60 degree bevel and conventional grind on the gouge is a good start. Spewing out wet wood shavings is fun
Rough turned spalted maple bowl. It needs to sit for a while so the wood can dry out
Rough turned spalted maple bowl. It needs to sit for a while so the wood can dry out. #madeinpdx #woodworking #woodturning #greenwood #spaltedmaple #grasshopperww
Roughing out a green wood spalted maple bowl.
Beginnings of a spalted maple bowl
Beginnings of a spalted maple bowl. #greenwood #spaltedmaple #woodworking #woodturning #woodbowl