Lathe addicted, coffee addicted, natural progression.

Great job….......... I just got to get me some of them mug kits and make some for myself. This one is absolutely gorgeous. Job well done. By the way….............what wood is that made of? It looks like spalted maple to me.

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

spalted maple, more spalt than maple :)

-- Here I post the good, for the rest has become firewood.

that looks great!
one of these days I’m going to have to get a couple of these kits.

-- www.darrylmasterson.com ~ www.darrylmasterson.etsy.com

This is a gorgeous project. You have taken a piece of firewood and transformed it into a work of art. I love the grain and color that you brought out in the maple.

Well done.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Beautiful, Being a coffee lover too, I am now adding this to my todo list.

-- San Diego, CA US Navy

Thanks Brenton. If you look at my projects you’ll see a spalted maple bowl I turned. I can appreciate the work you did on that turning. I know how difficult spalted maple can be to turn.

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

Beautiful AND useful! Where did you get the kit Brenton?

-- segmented turning kits ---> http://theSegmentedTurner.com

did you make the metal lipping or buy it in.I would have made it myself as it would be fun.However if you don’t have access to a metal lathe then your just as well fitting an ashtray to a harley LOLAlistair Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

The stainless travel mug “innards” can be bought at WoodCraft. 10 bucks.
See link.
http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?familyid=20158

-- Here I post the good, for the rest has become firewood.

Nice piece of work. After seeing your results I will have to make one for my wife.

I had to check comments on your other work because I had passed on the microwave technique and didn’t remember if your were one of the people I told about it. I see you got the idea from someone else. I would add an update to the method. Put the wood in a closed brown paper shopping bag before you put it in the microwave oven. The bag contains the water vapor and makes the whole process act like a “steam” kiln. The water vapor in the bag keeps the outer surface of the wood from drying to fast and stressing the wood. Open the bag between heating sessions to let the vapor escape. It may take a little longer this way but it is safer. I also check for checking and if I see any I fill the developing checks with CA glue to stop them from getting worse.

-- Les B, Oregon