John Ryan
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Help please! I have some spalted Birch which I have tried to turn into 3 bub vases and a 4" bowl. Moisture content was approx 40% so allowed a bit over on the rough turning to allow shrinkage during drying in the microwave. After drying tried turning to size but no matter what I tried; spindle gouge,skew chisel,bowl gouge or scraper all taken from the grinder to the wood the end grain came away in chunks leaving a moon cratered surface. Does spalted wood require stablising in some way, or was drying in microwave from that moisture content to much. As I have another piece of this wood in log form I am hoping not to waste this as it is 3ft by 8" dia. Any advice would be appreciated
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