Confidence is growing! This morning I tried turning a piece of wet ash. Perhaps not truly green, as it was felled a few years ago, but left out in the rain and has developed a good bit of spalting. It was still very wet just a small distance in from the surface, so was much easier to turn than the other spalted stuff that I've worked with to date.
I know how much Dewl (David) likes the WIP shots, so I'll start with the lump and work my way through.
I've still not got my bandsaw up-and-running, so this was roughed out with a chainsaw and I nipped the corners off through my bench saw just before starting.
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Working the outside of the block revealed a horrible crack in the sound part of the ash, so I had to sacrifice quite a lot of wood to get below it. Still a nice shape developed and I decided to keep it very simple for a first attempt.
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Overall size is rather meager compared with the lump that I started with....it's 110mmdiam x 70mm tall
Comments and criticisms always welcome
Les