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    spalted beech with ribbon finial

    Here's a spalted beech turning from my beech tree that was hit by lighting a couple of yrs. ago. The limb that was knocked off the tree was large, around 16 in. diameter. The tree itself is probably around 3 ft. in diam. I pretty much forgot about it until I was rumaging through my rough turnings. I only had a very small section of the tree that had spalted.

    I tried to find a piece of wood for the top that halfway matched the color of the beech, I found a small piece of wood that I think is chestnut that was a close match. The finial is walnut and 1/2 in diameter. 4 coats of DO and then buffed out with Tripoli, WD, and then wax. I forgot to measure it, but it's approximately 6in tall and 5 in wide.spalted beech box with ribbon finial 002.jpgspalted beech box with ribbon finial 003.jpgspalted beech box with ribbon finial 004.jpgspalted beech box with ribbon finial 006.jpg

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    Nice turning! Love the combination of woods and the finial works very well.

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    I absolutely love the finial! Would also love to see a tutorial on that!

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    That is one beautiful piece,the wood is great but your turning really made that wood look outstanding. The finial is unbelievable,you really did good.
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    That is a beauty. Love the wood combo with finial.
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    Very nice piece Jerry! Beautiful wood and form and your finial is awesome!
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    Thanks everyone for your comments, Walter about a week or two back I posted "crotch ash bowl with ribbon finial" explaining how to make this ribbon finial.

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