Requesting advice on hickory hollow-form blank

[Robert Marshall]

Thanks to all for your suggestions and comments.

I filled the voids this afternoon; some of them were quite deep. I just kept pushing the "coff-oxy" into the voids until no more would go in. We'll see how it comes out.

Mike, I like your idea of reversing the top and bottom, and may give that a try when I get back to turning this. Thanksgiving is probably going to mean a pause in woodturning, but after that, we'll see what happens.

[Robert Marshall]

I first cleaned out the voids with a set of picks, getting as much of the rotten wood, dead bugs and general dirt out as I could. I mixed up a few ounces of epoxy, and mixed in coffee grounds until I had a workable, somewhat stiff mix that I could squeeze into tight places, using stir sticks. I let it cure for a day, then sanded away the mess, leaving what were previously open voids now filled with sanded-out "coff-oxy."

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I'm satisfied with how it came out.