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Nice stuff Bob, love the spalted bowl!

It's very effective!

I have a few bits for this chuck too, I'll try and have a look in the next day or so to see if I can help.

What's the central insert in the beech Derek? I like the look of that bowl a lot. Oak one is nice, but the Beech is striking.

Well done all entrants! :)

Nice bit of kit!

I agree the format for overall winner based on points can be daunting as a miss for a month or two certainly puts you down the list a bit, naturally! But the points system is still a very good means of grading, so rather than dispose of that why not have a system that is similar to teach month...

These all look very nice but I particularly like the resin ones, what resin do you use for that Woody?

Nice Mallet Steve, I have one made from an old Oak knot, I can hit steel with it no problem!

I had a job to decide what to make for this challenge, nothing seemed to fit. Eventually though I drew up a pair of bud vases, found an ancient lump of Yew and set to work. They are 103mm in height and 47mm wide Tools used were: Roughing gouge, 1/4 and 3/8 spindle gouges, parting tool and a...

Your snowmen would have made nice entrants for this months challenge too! Good stuff Moby. :)

Spalting does soften some of the wood, after all it is a process of fungus decaying the wood to a point it becomes fungus food! But not all at once, the white areas are the ones that are usually softer, especially in advanced stages where it can degrade the wood to the point of uselessness, no...

Thanks for commenting Derek, do you mean the actual colour, or the way the colour has taken? I was aiming for something similar to the colour of the little Oak pot (below) Obviously the wood being different, a different effect is achieved. The range of darks and lights on the bowl are from...

That's a very nice bowl Paul. Lovely bit of timber too.

They do look good. :)

Cheers guys, :) Comments appreciated. 108 views and only 2 comments? You are allowed to say if it doesn't appeal as well, I won't mind! :) Obviously I like it, that's why I did it that way. :D

Ash can look really good spalted, this is a great example. Nice work Paul.

This started as a commission that got canceled, not a problem though as it was something I had in mind anyway and I think it will sell in time anyway. Finish is shellac, the bowl is 9.5 inches across. The colour is done with Chestnut's spirit stains (a mix).

Your bowl looks very like Mahogany which is a fairly soft hardwood to work with anyway. You'll get the hang of finer finishing as you go along, alway useful to have some pointers etc, but ultimately, practice and experience are what will help improve your work the most. The advice to get to a...

Indeed, if I had made the remark to this Elm bowl you would have been correct! It is, along with the Yew bowl attached (I managed to save a pic!) a very nice bit of turning.