Pecan

[Jim Ketron]

Nice one Mark love the form, wood and finish.
looks like it has some nice red colors in it.

[John Hart]

Down Right Delightful Mark! The shape is great and I love the wood. Is the grey part some kind of stain?

[Bruce Shiverdecker]

VERY NICE, Mark.

Love the figure. Shape and finish Lookin' Good, Too!

Bruce

[Mark Cothren]

Is the grey part some kind of stain?

John, I'm assuming it's the onset of some spalting. That wood has been sittin' around for several months.

Jim, it does have some red coloring in it, but unfortunately not quite as much as the picture shows.

Thanks all.

[Pete Jordan]

Mark,
I really like the shape of this one! Did you get the wood locally?

Pete

[Mark Cothren]

Did you get the wood locally?

Yessir... my folks have some land in Greers Ferry, AR - about an hour north of me. It was a tree in the yard near the house that had to be removed.

[Andy Hoyt]

Mark - I may be wrong, but that looks more like "blue stain" than it does spalting.

Blue stain is a fungal infection that (as I understand it) is present in nearly all wood and can easily rear its head when the green wood is left in a warm and humid location with little or no air movement. Google it and you'll get a tonof info.

Regardless, she's still a great looking piece.

[John Miliunas]

Mark, that's another "killer"!!! Love the form, finish and that's one mighty pretty hunk 'o wood, too! Yup, one 'o dese days...

[Daniel Heine]

Hello,

I was turning my first bowl last night, and I noticed there seem to be spots in the wood where there are small holes. After reading your post, I am thinking they might be worm holes. Is this a common ocurance? I am turning cherry from the local hardwood store. What is the best way to fill these holes?

Thanks,
Dan Heine

[Mark Cothren]

Daniel,

Lots of more qualified and experienced folks on here to answer your question... but I just mix up some epoxy with either coffee grounds or charcoal dust and fill the holes. Both of these materials were from tips I got from folks on here. I'm sure there are other methods that will be shared and may work better for you.

Thanks,
Mark

[John Hart]

I do basically the same thing as Mark except I use sanding dust from Ebony. I tried using the native wood that I was turning, but it comes out too light and doesn't match well. Figgered if it wasn't going to match...I might as well go very dark.