Uploaded July 2014 | Updated September 2026, 10 hours ago
Spalted Maple is a wonderful wood. It has unbelievable colours and patterns... it can also be a pain to work with because of it's softness!
But once it is smoothed and polished it is tough to beat!
It would seem that my attempt at hardening the wood around the recess worked quite well. At least it made the wood hard enough to stand up to a catch! Funny how that made so much sense in my head... but then when I put it on screen... there was something missing... and then I realised it sounded like I was going to glue the wood to the chuck!... I guess that would have worked too!
The weight difference I talked about was greatly minimized when I hollowed out the bowl... it would seem that almost half of the bowl was of the denser material!
In creating the video I realized that I should probably have gone the other direction with the bowl... I think I would have ended up with more of the darker grain... but you never can tell by just looking at the surface... it is what is inside that makes all the difference!
Thanks for watching
Larry
WoodWorkWeb seems to me to be a good overall site for information and how to..s, and Colin does a good job of hosting.
Makes good viewing....
youtube.com/channel/UCMd9JgqSESwyuOs0yuSTlEw
Spalted Maple is a wonderful wood. It has unbelievable colours and patterns... it can also be a pain to work with because of it's softness!
But once it is smoothed and polished it is tough to beat!
It would seem that my attempt at hardening the wood around the recess worked quite well. At least it made the wood hard enough to stand up to a catch! Funny how that made so much sense in my head... but then when I put it on screen... there was something missing... and then I realised it sounded like I was going to glue the wood to the chuck!... I guess that would have worked too!
The weight difference I talked about was greatly minimized when I hollowed out the bowl... it would seem that almost half of the bowl was of the denser material!
In creating the video I realized that I should probably have gone the other direction with the bowl... I think I would have ended up with more of the darker grain... but you never can tell by just looking at the surface... it is what is inside that makes all the difference!
Thanks for watching
Larry
WoodWorkWeb seems to me to be a good overall site for information and how to..s, and Colin does a good job of hosting.
Makes good viewing....
youtube.com/channel/UCMd9JgqSESwyuOs0yuSTlEw
