I suppose it had to happen sooner or later. I only recently started making these thin-walled goblets, and I got through the first four without a hitch. I also have come dangerously close to blowing through the bottom of a bowl on several occasions, but always seem to manage to get through it. Not this time.
My neighbor was tearing out his dead Japanese Maple last Saturday, and I was thinking Maple plus dead equals spalting. Sure enough it was indeed spalted.
I figured this piece of wood would make a great goblet, so I chucked it up and went to work. I knew that I was getting thin on the bowl, so I setup my 500 watt shop light to monitor the thickness, but for some reason, this wood was not a very good conductor of light. I thought I still had a lot of room, and then Bam!
I guess it had to happen sooner or later. Hopefully I can still salvage the piece for another, albeit smaller, goblet, or for some other project.
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