The blank was a 6″ x 2″ and the finished piece measures in at 5.75″ by 2″.<\/p>\n
The coloration of this piece is interesting. Cucumbertree, which is a Magnolia, is generally very plain and pale yellow throughout. The purplish brown color on the base and in the interior to a lesser degree is due to some degree of spalting, or fungal decay. This process is very natural and very common, and especially with pale woods the effect is considered a plus as it makes plain wood more interesting. Every piece of Cucumbertree that I have ever worked with has this discoloration present and I expect that one would have to turn it sopping wet to prevent it from occurring. And one more plus side to the fungal decay process, as it was still a bit wet, the wood had a strong perfume smell, quite pleasant actually, that I have never noticed when the wood is dry.<\/p>\n
Cucumbertree Bowl Reverse<\/p><\/div>\n
Whatever you get up to in your lathe shop today, be sure to have a good turn doing it.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I have written about Cucumbertree extensively in a previous post, so I won’t repeat it here. This turned out to be something of an experiment although that wasn’t what I expected or intended. I’ve had this Cucumbertree blank for some time, although I couldn’t say exactly how long as I didn’t note that (I probably should have done that will all of my blanks). I knew it was green when I bought it, but I was reasonably sure it had dried by now. It is also possible that I bought it more recently and don’t remember it. However it happen, <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":175,"featured_media":2504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[135,128,137,129,138,139,130],"tags":[154,168,181,183,200,210,230,239,240,241],"yoast_head":"\n
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