William Noble wrote:
surgeons add scar tissue to hide ugly joints, wood turners add shavings

Some. I'm more prone to adding brass key shavings, or coffee grounds.
It seems that adding shavings/sawdust never really hide it for me, so I
tend to 'celebrate' the defects.

Very finely ground coffee grounds (used - waste not, want not) make a
great contrasting filler. And they're more or less wood anyway. Sorta...

....Kevin
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Kevin Miller
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