(27-10-2020, 12:29 PM)Small chilli Wrote: Gnarly trunk & zigzagging makes stunning patterns in the timber. Granted more challenging ( more chances of it blowing apart while turning) but most turners would prefer it like that.
Cut it down today. Here's the main trunk I was planning on keeping some of the wood for the wildlife wood piles but, as well as canker, it's got quite a bit of woolly aphid and some sort of maggot has been eating the bark.
I was planning on keeping some of the wood for the wildlife wood piles but, as well as canker, it's got quite a bit of woolly aphid and some sort of maggot has been eating the bark.
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