Box Elder?

[Pa-Paw]

I was given a tree trunk and was told that it was a Box Elder. The splotched bowl is my fourth attempt at bowl turning. It took a bit of super glue and epoxy to finish, but I finally got it done.

[boblon]

Looks real good. You said in another thread there wasn't any red in it but there's a litlte peeking out in this piece.

You never know what you'll find when you turn a chunk of wood. You might find a few pleasant surprises yet.

Good work.

BobL.

[Jim Ketron]

Thats Box Elder for sure!
Nice Piece Pa-Paw

[Russianwolf]

Yeah, it could very well be box elder. The red streaks are like spalting in maple. just because it doesn't have the streaks doesn't mean it's not box elder.

Very nice.

[Pa-Paw]

Thanks

Thanks for the kudos, fellows. Turning seems to be sort of like practicing medicine. There seems to be several prescriptions for any one thing. If I keep it up, I guess I’ll get better, but I’ll also be broke. From studying the various forums, it looks like I’m trying to turn bowls with spindle turning tools. I have made sort of a bowl gouge from an old chisel, but it looks like I need to save up and get some real gouges. Wish me luck.