In turning is this fantastic grain something you know will happen or is it
usually a surprise.

--
Mike
Watch for the bounce.
If ya didn't see it, ya didn't feel it.
If ya see it, it didn't go off.
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IYAAYAS
"mac davis" wrote in message
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On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:51:59 -0600, "asmurff" wrote:

In turning is this fantastic grain something you know will happen or is it
usually a surprise.

I'm guessing that you mean the spalting, (light and dark figure) not the grain,
right?

AFAIK, it's caused by a fungus when drying... Gerald sent me 2 rough-turned
dogwood bowl blanks, one had spalted, the other stayed pink..

usually, you can't really see how or where a log has spalted until you let it
start drying and cut it up...
Others in the group can give you better and more technique info..

I brought some pretty bland looking pepper and oak to Mexico when I moved from
California, and to my surprise, they were both wonderfully spalted after a few
months here in the heat and humidity...


mac

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You did a bang-up job. Glad to have helped out a worthy cause. Have
you made any acorns?

--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA

Lawyer: a cat who settles disputes
between mice.

On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:54:24 -0400, Gerald Ross wrote:

You did a bang-up job. Glad to have helped out a worthy cause. Have
you made any acorns?

Hell no... lol

You have a definite niche there and do it well, I want to make a little bit
bigger stuff, Gerald...



mac

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