What is this wood anyone?

[maff]

Hi!

Decided to use my dad's old lathe for the first time ever today. Turned a practise bowl and it had a lovely spalting. Not finished it properly yet but Just wondered if anyone could tell me what wood it might be... it was just an old log from our logpile!

Cheers!

 

[cornucopia]

well it could be sycamore birch or maple- have you anymore with the bark on?

 

[Jonzjob]

Maple or sycamore would be my guess?

Lovely markings and I would like to see further views of the bowl please?

What finish will you use on it?

 

[MikeG.]

My first thought was sycamore, but I have half a mind that it might be beech. If that is your first stab at a bowl, you should be fairly happy with that, I'd have thought.

Mike

 

[Paul.J]

I would say Beech,as you can just make out the small dark fleck that you see in Beech :?
Lovely spalting and nice bowl

 

[wizer]

I'm with Paul, my first instinct was Beech

 

[rileytoolworks]

Wow, that figuring is stunning. You must be chuffed.

Adam.

 

[Jenx]

Its very like a lot of Sycamore that JT has shown before .... & almost by default, could also be maple ( Acer's ).

But as said, U couldn't rule out beech .. but I'd have put my chips on Sycamore if it was a 'must name one' competition ! :wink:


Nice bowl BTW ! 8)