Back in January, David Starks sent me this neat piece of Hackberry that had started to spalt. Seen here. He asked if I would post a picture when I had done something with it.
Since I had been roughing out a lot of beech at the time, I decided to leave it sealed up and placed it in a south facing bedroom. My hope was that it would spalt a little more since the bedroom stays pretty warm.
I had some free time this morning and was curious about what the inside of the box now looked like.
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Scraped and rinsed off the outside then stuck it between centers.
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I should have left it a couple more months but curiosity got the best of me. Not wanting to lose something I had never turned played a part too! I will leave the cored center solid and let it spalt through the summer. With a glueblock, I should be able to get a small hollowform out of it. Thats it for now David. Thanks for the good looking wood!