spalted maple

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I've decided to pull out the of the spalt that is most artistic to the chunk I would be cutting even if i were only to get one really nice piece out of it.
 

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That has some nice lines in it, I don't usually see the inclusions being as crisp as that piece ended up. Almost makes you want to take a sample and culture it up to inoculate some more logs :)
 
I started spinning a piece yesterday and the lathe took a dump. Seems the set screws are stripped , so I talked with a mechanical friend who is going to set it up to be more efficient with a speed control. Yahoo.
 
Here are some more besutiful spalt. This evening iwas able to produce 10 blanks , I getting the hang of reading the wood blocks

But the 3rd pick a from an old drswer any ideas.
The 6 on top can out of the Stabilizing brew this morning sat in the sun drying all day and will he resd to finish up tomorrorw.
 

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