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Maple Bowl
Maple is prized for its creamy, light color and fine, even grain, making it a popular choice for furniture and cabinetry. It’s a hard and dense wood, known for its durability and resistance to scratches and dents.
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Macrocarpa Bowl
Macrocarpa wood, known for its durability and distinctive aroma, presents a character that’s both rustic and refined. Typically ranging from a light yellow-brown to a richer reddish-brown, its color deepens with age, often revealing beautiful knots and varied grain patterns.
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Project Leoht – Ultra Low Mass Turntable
‘Leoht’ – derived from the old English word for ‘light’. In this case not of the optical kind but an object with significantly reduced mass.
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Bowls in Beech and Steamed Beech
Beech wood, in its natural state, is known for its pale, creamy color, sometimes with a hint of pink or tan. It has a fine, even texture and a relatively straight grain, making it a versatile and predictable material for woodworking.
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Miniature Radiogram Replica
I was asked to have a look at a mid-century Murphy 8108 radiogram. It comprised a chassis similar to a Bush SRG1041 and a Garrard 6-300 automatic record changer, and was built in 1970.
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rippled sweet chestnut Bowl
Rippled sweet chestnut, also known as “fiddleback” or “tiger stripe” presents a figure that arises from the undulating growth rings within the tree, creating a series of parallel, shimmering lines that appear to move and change with the angle of light. The wood itself is typically a warm, medium brown with hints of golden or…