Seventh Wood
4th April 2009, 04:27 PM
Guys,
I recently picked up a few pieces of timber from a local roadside (another of the drought's victims) and did some preparation and rough turning on it while still fresh. The end grain was quite brown but when I split the timber, it came up light in colour. I then roughed out a bowl with it still light in colour and plastic bagged it to take up to the house to show SWMBO, and went on with a couple of hours of other turning.
When I finally pulled it out to show it off, I was amazed to find an orange bowl! The orange colour seems to be only where end grain is cut (the blank in the first photo shows almost no orange along the grain).
A quick Google indicates Alder as a candidate but can anyone identify the timber? The bark is prunus-like and the diameter is about 200-250 mm. Is the colour change only while the timber is unseasoned and will it still change colour when the rough bowl has been seasoned?
Cheers,
7th Wood
I recently picked up a few pieces of timber from a local roadside (another of the drought's victims) and did some preparation and rough turning on it while still fresh. The end grain was quite brown but when I split the timber, it came up light in colour. I then roughed out a bowl with it still light in colour and plastic bagged it to take up to the house to show SWMBO, and went on with a couple of hours of other turning.
When I finally pulled it out to show it off, I was amazed to find an orange bowl! The orange colour seems to be only where end grain is cut (the blank in the first photo shows almost no orange along the grain).
A quick Google indicates Alder as a candidate but can anyone identify the timber? The bark is prunus-like and the diameter is about 200-250 mm. Is the colour change only while the timber is unseasoned and will it still change colour when the rough bowl has been seasoned?
Cheers,
7th Wood