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! #woodworking #spaltedmaple #greenwood #grasshopperww #woodturning
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Rough turned spalted maple bowl. It needs to sit for a while so the wood can dry out. #madeinpdx #woodworking #woodturning #greenwood #spaltedmaple #grasshopperww
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The magic in spalted wood.
The magic in spalted wood. Read more: https://grasshopperww.com/2017/magic-in-spalted-wood/ #greenwood #woodturning #woodworking #madeinpdx #grasshopperww
Roughing out a green wood spalted maple bowl. More to come. Trying to reduce the woodpile! #woodbowl #woodturning #greenwood #spaltedmaple
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The Magic in Spalted Wood
A while ago, we encountered a piece of spalted maple. It was beautiful. It had a bunch of squiggly black lines, some of which enclosed blocks of color. It was really pretty. Never having really encountered it before we were in awe. A new kind of wood? Was spalted maple like birds eye maple, or […]