Ringing for a change

[CHJ]

Walnut & Ash 133mm dia.

 

[procell]

Another triumph Chas. Did you use a section from the outer edge of the Ash to get the grain so wide on the lid?

 

[CHJ]

....... Did you use a section from the outer edge of the Ash to get the grain so wide on the lid?

No particular selection Keith, it was just as it came out of the offcuts from the Ash used in this thread
It's a job to 'plan' any particular effect, the grain direction of the planking and the curved surface when turning all conspire to alter the image with each cut. You are not actually seeing the grain width but the exposure of the grain boundaries of a piece from near the centre of the log.

You can see how the grain boundaries would be shown in a totally different manner dependant on whether a curved turning followed the grain direction (the lid) or across the direction.

 

[procell]

That's exactly what I was thinking. the way you have turned it. the borders of the grain get further apart the nearer you get to the outside of the log. You managed to get it just right on the inside of the lid

Its almost like an eye looking at the person who lifts the lid

 

[Dalboy]

Another great piece I do like all the ones you do like this I will get around to doing something segmented one day