Spalted Beech bowls and Oak Columns

[TonyIOM]

I gave a friend of mine (Graham Hall) some slabs of spalted beech and this is the result! The largest one is 24" wide and was, apparently, " a right b@stard pain in the ass" to turn! He uses a VB36 and has turned 9', 10"x10" oak beams into columns for an extension - impressive given the weight.

 

He has a facebook page, Artforms from Nature, if you want to check out some of his other works. Make an old man smile and Like his page!

 

https://www.facebook.com/Artforms-fr...58867/?fref=ts

 

Cheers

[se7enthdevil]

love the columns, one day a customer will ask me to make some that size and it will give me an excuse to buy a second bed for my jet 3520b.

[gobbypunk]

Those colloms are awesome how much would something like that cost out of interest

Cheers Mark,

[TonyIOM]

Hi Mark, I'll ask him today and update you.

Cheers

[Big J]

Not taking anything away from the (lovely) beech bowls, the columns are outstanding. I love the interplay between the modern and the traditional building methods.

[redmoosefaction]

Just saw the man standing in the picture for size comparison. ...really nice columns and architecture

[se7enthdevil]

Those colloms are awesome how much would something like that cost out of interest

Cheers Mark,

 

mark, for the 48" x 9"sq porch posts in my avatar i charged £90 for the timber and £200 for turning them.

 

 

for big architectural one i'd expect to pay a fair bit more.

[TonyIOM]

Those colloms are awesome how much would something like that cost out of interest

Cheers Mark,

 

Hi Mark

 

Approximately £1100 each plus the timber - how many do you want?

 

Cheers