Wormy ol Silver birch

[Woody]

I was given a silver birch log about a year ago it was about 3ft long and about 4" thick so today I cut a few bits off to discover it had spalted and the bugs had chomped away at it but not being one to give in I turned some of it into two vases 7" and 8" tall the first one the bugs had chewed away at the edge the second one has a few holes in the foot purely ornamental with a polish finish enjoy

 

[paulm]

As normal you turn the most amazing pieces from wood that most people would chuck away Woody. Love em both

 

[PhillH]

Like those A LOT !

 

[Penpal]

Two more marvels Woody for the shelf handy wood.

Peter.

 

[Dalboy]

People discard Silver Birch and as you have shown with this great piece Woody that it can be a great wood to turn.

 

[Themackay]

they look good Woody

 

[Jimjam66]

Up to your usual sky-high standards, grandad!

 

[bluntchisel]

Well done, mate - beautiful!

Bob.

 

[Vic Perrin]

Bags of character in those Woody. Like em

Vic

 

[Terry]

They look good Grandad !!!!

 

[bassethound]

Brilliant Woody, even the holes look special!

 

[Jim]

Love the colour of this wood Woody, they look good my friend, i bet these would have sold well with a single red rose in them during valentines day ..

 

[brody2123]

Two bootiful forms mate. And the critters have done a nice job on the added decoration.

 

[Bill Mooney]

Two lovely vases up to your usual standard Woody.

 

[wm460]

Looks great Woody.

 

[GeordieB]

2 Beautiful vases Woody

 

[AllenN]

OK, a naive question but one that has 'bugged me' ( sorry!) for some time. Do you need to treat the timber to ensure that there are no visitors waiting to take up residence in other timber? I know that antique furniture which is infected needs to be treated to avoid this? Is the assumption simply that one has turned so much timber away there is not risk? Allen

 

[Woody]

OK, a naive question but one that has 'bugged me' ( sorry!) for some time. Do you need to treat the timber to ensure that there are no visitors waiting to take up residence in other timber? I know that antique furniture which is infected needs to be treated to avoid this? Is the assumption simply that one has turned so much timber away there is not risk? Allen

No your right Alan in wet wood I once turned a wet log of cherry and got sprayed with grub remains so I poured super glue into each hole and filled them put the finished vase on the table the next morning the was a little pile of dust next to it one had survived if ever you get wet wood with holes in the bark then it needs either binning, turning or sorting asap dry wood with grub holes will be ok because the grubs can only survive in a damp environment like in wet wood or from damp old houses
By the way I had to dig the hole out in the vase good job it well they went right through killed the grubs in the vase and a bowl both from the same log took them to a show and both sold within five min so I'm in favour oh turning grubby wood

 

[Matt]

Both are gorgeous Woody and up to your usual standards