A rough edgd bowl

[Harvestman]

Having had a few woodturning failures, I selected the roughest, punkiest, worst bit of wood in the shed and chucked it onto the lathe (that's a woodturning pun, by the way) just for some practice.

After a bit, it started to take shape, and to my surprise I ended up with my first uneven-edged bowl. It's really light, being old softwood, and has areas where the rotten wood has just fallen off, so it is a bit rough in places, but I think that adds to the character.

I've lightly hand-sanded the rough edge to make it less jagged, and given it a coat of rapeseed oil.

 

[Retired Member southey]

Thats bloody lovely dude! full of character, wood look great either being used in a house on in a gallery!

 

[Harvestman]

Thaks mate. It looks a lot better than it is in those shots, but I like it.

(must sort out those dandelions in the garden though, even if they did make an artistic background...)

Off topic, but about 30 seconds ago I posted in another thread about how much I hate spelling mistakes. Then I saw the title for this thread. :yikes:

Serves me right.

 

[Retired Member southey]

Get up the roots for some coffee!

 

[Robbi]

love the bowl

 

[Barn Owl]

That's nice and characterful.

 

[greensurfingbear]

Nice work HM


Orric

 

[dwardo]

Nice work, the natural look it much easier on the eye than a completely manufactured look. Have my Grand Fathers lathe in the garage and its not done a jot besides be used as a sander. Must get it going.

 

[Dreadhead]

bloody love that mate, nice n gnarly my kinda tastes

 

[Harvestman]

bloody love that mate, nice n gnarly my kinda tastes

I'm disappointed. Normally you say it is "braw". Or is that not as good as "bloody love that"?

Thanks for the praise all. Like I said, it is a bit of practice that turned out well. Not something I would ever have set out to make.

 

[bikebum1975]

It really is a lovely piece

 

[bushwacker bob]

It is a lovely bit of turning but I fear it is spalted beech which means its halfway to being rotten. It is a bit large to get stabilised so I would suggest a 250ml tin of wood hardener and soaking it in the stuff. It works quite well to improve the longevity of rotting timber.

 

[Harvestman]

It is a lovely bit of turning but I fear it is spalted beech which means its halfway to being rotten. It is a bit large to get stabilised so I would suggest a 250ml tin of wood hardener and soaking it in the stuff. It works quite well to improve the longevity of rotting timber.

Well it's certainly spalted, and I don't know what it is, but the grain looks very widely spaced to me, which is why I thought softwood. You're right though, it is halfway rotten, so I will take you up on your advice whatever wood it is.

 

[Dreadhead]

aye tis mare than braw

 

[SOAR]

I like that! nice bowl mate!.

 

[grey-array]

Really cool stuff, love the shape and ruggedness of the bowl, and are we sure this is Beech? and so yes what type of Beech,
Thus far I'm only familiar with the Fagus sylvatica, or european beech which is really light in color and has them characteristic small stripes in the length of the grain, but hey still on the learning curve here ^^
Yours sincerely Ruud

 

[Harvestman]

Still not convinced it is beech at all. Look at the first pic, you can see the grain to the bottom right, and it is very widely spaced. My vote is still with a softwood, but in all honesty I just don't know. Like I said, it was the worst bit of wood in the shed, so I didn't much care as I had no idea I would get anything meaningful out of it.

Thanks for the feedback chaps.

 

[bushwacker bob]

Really cool stuff, love the shape and ruggedness of the bowl, and are we sure this is Beech? and so yes what type of Beech,
Thus far I'm only familiar with the Fagus sylvatica, or european beech which is really light in color and has them characteristic small stripes in the length of the grain, but hey still on the learning curve here ^^
Yours sincerely Ruud

Spalted beech is Fagus sylvatica with a fungal desease which causes a discoloration of the timber. The distance between the growth rings can vary due to a number of factors but generally related to the prevalent climate in the development of its growth. Warm wet summers produce widely spaced rings and conversely shorter, cooler summers cause less growth and tighter rings. There are other variants such as damage to the lower trunk that can cause a change in growth ring patterns.
The black lines on this picture are typical of spalted beech.

 

[grey-array]

Thanks for that Bushwacker bob, can you tell me is it the same type of fungus that turns beech orange, or can the effects be found separted so, say unspalted but orange like beech?
Yours sincerely Ruud

 

[Paddytray]

Just found this Post .
Hoping my first attempt will come out half as nice as this one .
Did you make any more ?