Tag: spalted beech

  • Little vase with lid

    Some time ago I bought a block of spalted beech, mainly because it seemed fairly cheap and I was on a spending spree in a wood turning suppliers.

  • Fixing old mistakes

    I was making a little lidded box in spalted beech. All was going well enough but as I came to hollow the lid I managed a nasty catch which sent it flying and damaged the finished exterior. I gave up in frustration at having gotten so far and then irrecoverably screwed up.Or so I thought at…

  • Holy exploding woodturnings batman!

    At the HWA meeting in February Mark Baker demonstrated an interesting arched stand with finialed box.

  • Wood turning practice

    I’m getting to spend more of my own time on my wood working projects. Well I say ‘projects’ but it’s really just practice, and I really need it! I am sometimes enormously frustrated by the mistakes I continue to make