Posts Tagged ‘woodworking’
I was perusing a magazine called Woodturning Design the other day. Why? Well, I have always liked making stuff and I had purchased an old but good-quality wood lathe and some turning tools some years back. Last weekend I actually set it up and tried my hand at it. After some initial failures I succeeded [...]
Tags: decorative mushrooms, model mushrooms, wooden mushroom, woodworking
A while back I posted a piece on spalted wood, which is favored by woodworkers because of its interesting coloration and patterns. Finewoodworking.com recently posted an article, Spalt Your Own Lumber: Just Say No To Brown Rot!, discussing how brown rot fungi can ruin attempts at producing spalted wood. I’ve spent a lot of time [...]
Tags: brown rot, spalted wood, woodworking
Spalted wood is a favorite of many woodworkers because of its interesting and unusual coloration. Under the right conditions, certain decay fungi that have infected the wood (sometimes while it is still living unfortunately) will create blue, pink, gray, black or even several-colored patterns in the wood. There are methods for producing artificial spalting but [...]
Tags: decay fungi, spalting, woodworking
