it was pleasing to see that you had some success .. made me smile wide... I like spalted wood, but mostly find stuff that has just gone over the edge and gone to punky ..that then takes a lot of sanding and patience to acquire a good finish.. thanks for the video's they interesting ...
Richard Thankyou for watching I have worked with punky wood without stabilizing and it is a real pain, I am set up now to stabilize wood when i can get around to it. Take care Rob
Hey Rob . Glad to hear your boy is done well . Some of that stuff looks really promising . Looking forward to seeing it turned once it's dry . Cheers take care .
Here in the USA, especially in the mid-west, the trees most noted for spalting are the maples trees, especially the sugar maples. I suspect, IMHO, that the reason so many of the sugar maples show spalting is because when planted in groves, they are used to produce maple syrup. So when a tree dies and is cut down, there isn't any hurry to get rid of it. So it may sit a couple of months before the sawmill comes to pick it up. Most of the sawmills that will take these logs are pretty small, so they are pretty chuffed when the mill a log that is splalted.
So glad to hear that your son is doing well, Rob! I do hope he continues to improve! Aside from that, a very interesting and informative video. Take care, .....Gord
Firstly Rob, great news regarding Brandon, give him my very best please. The experiment looks to be a successful one , if not with all the wood. Looking forward to the pieces you make with the bits that did spalt, should have some very interesting figure :) Take care Mike
Ten months seems excessive. I spalted some 4” thick bone dry cedar in 3 months. I threw them in a garbage bag with some water and a few handfuls of compost. Spalting went all the way through. But cedar is soft and your oak is hard, maybe that’s the difference.
most definitely a difference yes but its all good information. the spalting occured after 3 months, i had just let it sit drying, apart from the oak which i had forgotten about to be honest. i will try the compost idea, thank you Rob
Hi CR The finished product varied to be honest The dry wood did not spalt whereas the green wood did spalt but not as spectacular as I hoped, the theory is here but the wood choice needs to be fresh hard cut green wood for best results. Thanks for watching Rob
I actually just looked at them last night, and i can say no, i have them stored in a black plastic bag and i noticed that the fungi is still growing so i have put them in a cold spot in the car port hoping that the cold will kill the fungi allowing them to dry lol take care Rob
thank you so much for your kindness to share this knowledge
it was pleasing to see that you had some success .. made me smile wide...
I like spalted wood, but mostly find stuff that has just gone over the edge and gone to punky ..that then takes a lot of sanding and patience to acquire a good finish..
thanks for the video's they interesting ...
Richard
Thankyou for watching
I have worked with punky wood without stabilizing and it is a real pain, I am set up now to stabilize wood when i can get around to it.
Take care
Rob
Hey Rob . Glad to hear your boy is done well . Some of that stuff looks really promising . Looking forward to seeing it turned once it's dry . Cheers take care .
Glen, thank you, im looking forward to turning it too.
take care
Rob
Here in the USA, especially in the mid-west, the trees most noted for spalting are the maples trees, especially the sugar maples. I suspect, IMHO, that the reason so many of the sugar maples show spalting is because when planted in groves, they are used to produce maple syrup. So when a tree dies and is cut down, there isn't any hurry to get rid of it. So it may sit a couple of months before the sawmill comes to pick it up. Most of the sawmills that will take these logs are pretty small, so they are pretty chuffed when the mill a log that is splalted.
For sure spalted wood can look spectacular if not too far gone
So glad to hear that your son is doing well, Rob! I do hope he continues to improve! Aside from that, a very interesting and informative video.
Take care,
.....Gord
Thanks Gord,
He feels invincible now lol
Thanks for watching
Rob
Oak has natural decay resistance, like cedar and some other woods which don't spalt as well, or as easy, or at all.
Very true, ideally fresh green lumber is preferred by fungi too.
Glad to hear your sons doing well.
Thanks Derek
Great to see you back Rob and that your son is doing fine. Interesting video mate ! Cheers, Bram
Hey Bram, thanks for watching
Glad you enjoyed the vid
Take care mate
Rob
Best wishes to Brandon,Rob -I hope his recovery goes as planned! Think the Tannins in oak slow spalting to a snails pace👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks Alan, you could be right about the tannins.
Take care
Rob
Very cool! This popped up on my feed.
ESCAGEDO WOODWORKING
Thanks man
Firstly Rob, great news regarding Brandon, give him my very best please.
The experiment looks to be a successful one , if not with all the wood. Looking forward to the pieces you make with the bits that did spalt, should have some very interesting figure :)
Take care
Mike
Mike
thanks mate and will do, im looking forward to seeing what they yield too.
cheers and all the best
Rob
Very interesting video. Have you turned any of the salted wood yet?
hi bill, yes ive turned a couple pieces but honestly the results were so slow,
thanks for watching
rob
Very interesting video!
Carol
Thank you, did you watch the other parts to this video series?
It was totally experimental to me but I had fun doing it
Take care
Rob
I haven't watched them yet, but I plan to watch.
Ten months seems excessive. I spalted some 4” thick bone dry cedar in 3 months. I threw them in a garbage bag with some water and a few handfuls of compost. Spalting went all the way through. But cedar is soft and your oak is hard, maybe that’s the difference.
most definitely a difference yes but its all good information.
the spalting occured after 3 months, i had just let it sit drying, apart from the oak which i had forgotten about to be honest.
i will try the compost idea, thank you
Rob
Glad to see you back. I'm glad Brandon is doing better. Is he home from the hospital yet?
Hi Tracy, its good to be back, ive got lots of ideas to bring out but really need to sort out my workshop a bit lol
take care
Rob
What did the finished products look like?
Hi CR
The finished product varied to be honest
The dry wood did not spalt whereas the green wood did spalt but not as spectacular as I hoped, the theory is here but the wood choice needs to be fresh hard cut green wood for best results.
Thanks for watching
Rob
Are the blanks dry yet?
I actually just looked at them last night, and i can say no, i have them stored in a black plastic bag and i noticed that the fungi is still growing so i have put them in a cold spot in the car port hoping that the cold will kill the fungi allowing them to dry lol
take care
Rob
Easier to go in the woods and find rotted spalted wood. But this process may work if you have time and patience.
thanks for watching
Why not turn some wood to sanded products without any finish,
then Spalt the products.??
Cheers from Downunder, ... Geoff
GEOFF NOLL
I suppose you could do that, you run the risk of cracking etc but hey why not try it
Cheers
Rob