Is Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde wood common?
On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 14:01:04 GMT, "Toller" wrote:
I cut up a piece of crab apple; the main trunk just before it split into 4
trunks.
One half is very light and porous; I would call it willow if I didn't know
where it came from.
The other half is heavy and solid; pretty much what you would expect from
crab apple.
From the outside they looked to be the same.
Is something like this common? Anyway to determine it before cutting? I am
just lucky I cut it in half on the axis I did.
I have turned one bowl from the light side. Terrible tearout and it would
have absorbed as much LBO as I threw at it, but it turned out nicely. I am
hoping the hard half will be even better.
Maybe you have some burl effect?
A friend brought me a couple feet of walnut in the form of about a 15" diameter
trunk piece..
Made 2 bowls, one from each half of the log, and the color and grain is so
different that folks don't believe me when I tell them that they're both from
the same piece of trunk..
Good news is that they were both gorgeous wood..
mac
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