I might have done it - I might not !!!

[Lightweeder]

Thanks to all - esp CHJ and Tam, for your time and patience. With your help, I think I've sussed the photo posting thing :

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Fingers crossed.

 

[wizer]

Nice work LW. I am torn over Yew. I'm not sure I can get on with the contrast between Sap and Heart. I have a large chunk of it at home so maybe I should try it and see.

 

[John. B]

Almost, slightly out of focus but that's all.
The cup/goblet Yew? wonderful figuring, the foot a bit small for me,
Good use of the figuring in where it is placed, looks like its overflowing.
Nice turning.

John. B

 

[loz]

Nice,

But i prefer the captured ring goblet in your album !!

( I thought you were a beginner ? )

Loz

 

[Lightweeder]

Loz - the captured ring thing was a nightmare! The vibration was horrendous and the stem is weakened. It was just a bit of fun.

 

[PowerTool]

Very nice
Personally,I love yew because of the heartwood/sapwood contrast.

Andrew

 

[CHJ]

Congrats on two counts Lightweeder, for persevering with the computer and for your choice and interpretation of the Yew., as has been mentioned a wider base would provide a little more balance to the piece.

You could always make a false base out of light coloured wood to sit the piece in, a not unknown method of overcoming base failures etc.

Link to Sample

 

[Bodrighy]

Too many clever 'newbies' creeping on this forum IMHO. :lol:

I love yew, both to work and to look at.

Each piece you make will have something that you aren't satisfied with. What looks great horizontal on the lathe looks different when the right way up. Also all those tool or sanding marks suddenly show up when you have finally parted the thing off. For pieces that I am doing for sale or competiotion, I tend to take off the lathe still in the chuck or off the spindle before I part off now and have a look in a different light. Learnt the hard way. Correction I am learning the hard way.

Pete

 

[Paul.J]

Nice looking piece LW
Another fan of Yew here,it is a lovely wood to work just be careful of any splits that might show.

 

[mark sanger]

Nice work, keep it up.

 

[Lightweeder]

Now I've got your interest :wink: can anyone tell me what type of wood this is?

 

[TEP]

End grain Spalted Beech.

 

[Lightweeder]

Thanks TEP.

 

[mark sanger]

I wish I could but even in the picture I can't see it close enough and even then it is difficult.

It's not beech I am pretty certain of that. ( I mention it as it is normally the one that people use that is spalted)

Sorry I can not be much more help

 

[mark sanger]

lmao TEP

Without a real close look I would disagree. But that won't help. I was posting mine and you got in before me.

I have been wrong many times before. I just can't be certain as with beech you can see very small brown dots which is the open grain/cells. I can not see these on here. But that does not mean TEP is not right.

It is very to identify a wood from just a picture. But as I say I have been wrong before. My wife reminds me of it often

Sorry to confuse.

 

[Lightweeder]

Mark - it's not important. I've bought a lot which are marked SB, which could be spalted beech or birch, or even silver birch. This wasn't market at all (5 pieces for a tenner). It's asking a lot from a shot like this - thanks anyway.

 

[CHJ]

The width of the growth rings (relatively quick growing) and sheen does look like a Birch, was it somewhat soft and fluffy to turn/finish?

The dark colour is unusual for natural Birch though.

 

[mark sanger]

It is difficult as I say. But I have been studying it and the birch may be a better option. The reason that I say this is that, I recently turned some and the garin pattern looks the same.

Forget about the spalting as that can happen in lots of woods.

On the dark upper part you can see that the growth rings are very large. You can also help to identify a species from this.

You will see that there is a light area which is quite large in contrast to the dark line/ring.

The light area indicates what is known as early wood and as it's name suggests grows in the early part and into the summer growth of the tree which on this you can see is fairly large. That indicates that the tree is very quick growing as the dark area/line indicating the old wood/growth.autumn winter growth is very small by comparison.

The problem is that this can change depending upon the climate at the time etc etc etc.

This is why it is so difficult to identify from a picture.

I reckon birch is your best bet. If when looking up close you can not see small brown dots that are elongated in cross grain more round in end grain, then it is not beech.

At the end of the day though it is academic as it is a lovely piece of wood.

If it turned a bit fluffy then this would also indicate to me it is birch as silver birch is fluffy at the best of times.

 

[TEP]

I don't normally ever try to say what a wood species is from a photo. In fact being truthful I often can't tell when I'm holding a piece wood. So no idea what happened here.

I stand humbled before my betters, and accept it could easily be Birch. :twisted: :lol: :lol: :lol: Especially with the initials SB which LW said was on the timber. Yet as you say it is a bonny looking timber so what the heck! :wink:

 

[mark sanger]

I don't normally ever try to say what a wood species is from a photo. In fact being truthful I often can't tell when I'm holding a piece wood. So no idea what happened here.

I stand humbled before my betters, and accept it could easily be Birch. :twisted: :lol: :lol: :lol: Especially with the initials SB which LW said was on the timber. Yet as you say it is a bonny looking timber so what the heck! :wink:

TEP

You are right it is damn hard to tell from a picture. And I can not say I am right.

I am certainly no better, and am learning all the time. That's what I love about this craft. Always something going on to learn and share.