Big Dog Posted September 20, 2005 Report Share Posted September 20, 2005 I'm still just working out the best way for me to post pictures. Just to be different, I am a member of the Irish Woodturners Guild. The box shown here in the link was one I made at a 2 hrs work shop last week. The wood is spalted beech. Beech is a very blann wood but when left outside for a while after felling the early stages of roting send fungi spores through the wood (spalt) If left to long the wood doses and is usless, but if you get it b4 its to late, then you have a treat to make small item with that are just beautiful. Warning: As the spalt is from a fungi spore care must be taken when working the wood as it can cause all kinds of respitory and cacinagenitc problems. It has a friction lid that snaps of and on, nice. Most of my work comes from fallen timbers and stuff people leave out for fire wood. When you turn something nice out of fire wood you get a creat reaction from people. If you screw it up, well you are left with fancy fire wood which is a great topic when guest are sitting arould the fire. :thumbs: http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/1068/box5im.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon-Boy Posted September 20, 2005 Report Share Posted September 20, 2005 That looks like beech with a honey fungus in the grain... Am i right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted September 20, 2005 Report Share Posted September 20, 2005 That looks a nice piece of work, I wish I had your skills. :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon-Boy Posted September 20, 2005 Report Share Posted September 20, 2005 Little box i made in a few hours from scrap timber and vineers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dog Posted September 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2005 Jon-Boy Nice box. The wood in mine is beech but the markings are called "Spalthing". If you have ever seen falling timber with a large mushroom thing sticking out of it, this will be doing the spalthing, sending its spores through the wood. The starting of the wood rot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon-Boy Posted September 22, 2005 Report Share Posted September 22, 2005 I have made a table from similar timber, was told it was a honey fungus, looked like your peice. I trust youre right, as the person i got the wood from didnt really know what he was talkin about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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