Spaulted beech - defined spaulting

[Rob D]

Milled a large beech that had been sitting in the yard for 6 months or so and found some nice spaulted areas within it. Other planks had some of the 'weaker' looking flame and others still had this defined flame pattern running all the way through.

 

I think this sort of flame spaulting with very defined edges will be a good seller. Def worth taking pics of while fresh sawn then label the planks afterwards if drying.

 

Won't be worth silly money but around £25-00 cube wet, £40-00 dry but quite easy to sell (which is saying something for beech!)

 

 

 

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

intersting patern, not so much spalting as dyscolouration of the aging core "ripewood"

[David Humphries]

Have you got an end on shot of the trunk before you planked it Rob?

 

 

 

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[David Humphries]

(which is saying something for beech!):

 

 

Out of interest Rob, did you ever find a buyer or home for this piece that you worked from the kent show in 2010,

or was it just for demo purposes ?

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

That was a big old beech above! and cleary in a state of decline, very little active sapwood

[Rob D]

Have you got an end on shot of the trunk before you planked it Rob?

 

 

I've not but I will do one - I may trim the end of a quarter so you can see what the end grain looks like.

 

I think some of that beech from the 2010 show sold there.... the rest has been used I think! that was more light flame spaulting than this though....

[Rob D]

intersting patern, not so much spalting as dyscolouration of the aging core "ripewood"

 

That's it prob not using the term spaulting correctly but it's easier to say and sounds nicer when explaining

[RobRainford]

That was a big old beech above! and cleary in a state of decline, very little active sapwood

 

 

looks like merip and some kretz to me?

 

thats a nice piece of wood, milling is something i would love to get into!