This was a quick and relatively easy piece so that was a plus but it doesn’t really blow my hair back. Plain cut Sycamore is, well, pretty plain and this shows that clearly. If you have a chance to work with quarter-sawn Sycamore definitely do it, but I struggle to think it is much worth the effort for plain cut material. But, as someone must have said, a so-so day at the lathe is better than a fantastic day working, doing yard work, or another chore.<\/p>\n
Sycamore Reverse Sloped<\/p><\/div>\n
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Sycamore can have a very wild figure, especially for a domestic wood.\u00a0 It can very much resemble exotic lacewoods, which come from both South America and Australia, but this is most pronounced with the wood is quarter-sawn, which this sample was not.\u00a0 There is still some reasonable figure on two sides of the interior, but it doesn’t show much on the straight cut sides.\u00a0 These ray flecks are what give the wood the lacy appearance.\u00a0 This effect is not due to grain per se but rather to a pattern found in the end grain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":175,"featured_media":2463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[135,128,137,129,138,139,130],"tags":[154,168,171,181,200,210,239,240,241],"yoast_head":"\n
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