Natural

Wow, Joe, you keep coming up with the most amazing grain. Fabulous.

I have two questions. Do you do anything special to protect your lungs when working with spalted wood? I have some spalted maple, (not turning stock), but am a little hesitant to use it. I’ve noticed the last few turnings you’ve used your home brew finish…care to tell us the recipe?

Thanks for posting it.

-- Martin, Kansas

Hey Joe
Another winner looks preColombian. Have you ever done a blog on turning small turnings ?

Jim

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop, custom furniture ,maker, woodworking school, heirloomwoodshop.com

Another beautiful bowl.

One critical comment though. I see a tiny arm hair on the very rim of the bowl on the right side of the picture. i think you need to retake the picture to relieve us all from looking at something so revolting as an arm hair!

Seriously – your work is just amazing. I always look forward to seeing your projects. Keep them coming.

-- You can't get a hug from Facebook.

another great turning.. i could do that, if i had a better hollowing system.. better wood and 20 years to practice..

note to “woodhacker”.. i’ve never heard of any health problems with spalted wood. i’ve turned dozens of pieces as well as flat work..

-- It's not a sickness, i can stop buying tools anytime.

Well Johnpoolesc let me tell you a story that happened to me about three years ago, maybe two. I had been turning spalted maple, spalted cherry you name it I was turning spalted everything. I awoke one morning with my eyes glued shut and itching all over the place. Red, swollen eyes, a rash all over my body. I wore a mask and the paper kind of mask under that with my glasses on and long sleeves and gloves. I was a mess. I was lucky to get in to my eye Dr. that day. She was stumped, until she said it looked like some kind of fungus. Bam, it hit me and I told her about the evening before turning spalted maple. She of course had never heard of spalted wood, but she said she would educate herself on it. She gave me a prescription for eyedrops and a couple others for a cream and oral med. within a couple days I was over it. I’ll tell you this, I still turn spalted wood, but I’m dressed in five layers of cloths and a respirator when I do. Yes you can get sick from breathing the stuff. So bewarned and beware. Nice turning Joe, beautiful.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Breathtakingly beautiful! Nature does some wonderful things, even in deteriorating wood. You’ve managed to reveal this beauty with this piece. The natural color is just as magnificent as your stained pieces.

-- "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." ~ Edgar Allan Poe

I’m a droolin, beautiful piece Joe, everything about it looks great.

-- Dan Wiggins

that is really hot mate

-- jim nevada

Another slice of incredible!

-- "That Government is Best that Governs The Least."-Jefferson

Beautiful!!

-- Matt, Houston Texas

NOW, THAT IS A NATURAL LOOK.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

You don’t stop !
Amazing!

-- Francisco Luna, San Francisco Bay Area.

Great. Nice wood, and a beautiful creation from it.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

All Natural and certainly beautiful . It looks like it could be a thousand years old or at least be on a museum shelf somewhere. : )

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

what Dusty 56 said!

-- Scott - Katy, Texas

Thanks for all the feedback. I appreciate them all. My home brew wipe-on poly is nothing more than 60% high gloss polyurethane and 40% naphtha. This piece was rubbed with 0000 steel wool to give it a silky satin look and feel, “Aqua” was left glossy.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.