Camel

Very nice Joe, beautiful shape.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

WOW! Nicely done. Wonderful job!

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At least they didn’t have to walk a mile to put the stuff in your car!

Beautiful Job, Joe!!

So let’s see … you turn remarkable pieces and they seem to have really good stories behind them. Now it seems even getting wood turns into a story. You’ve got a knack for story telling and wood turning. It seems insincere to keep saying I love your work, but as long as it’s appropriate, I have to keep saying I love your work.

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

very nice hollow form, i cannot wait to try one that deep.good shape and size.

-- Roper - Master of sawdust-

precisely, carefully conducted, simply – and charmingly..
like me, this is your quiet simplicity in the wor!

-- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tkso84fNPE

7 camels Joe, thats a big price to pay!. Nice job on the vases though.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

You should really get a larger car and carry an extra pack of smokes.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Sweet Joe, and sounds like a good deal for you, I’ll be sending you a message here shortly, talk about somethings we’ve discussed in past.

-- Dan Wiggins

now you need to send them a picture…very nice!!!

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

Thanks guys…

I have to admit, it was kind of weird driving off that day. I look at them and smiled as I thought to myself, “I can’t believe those guys have no idea what beauty lies within this wood.” They looked at me while smoking their camels, smiling and thinking to themselves, “I can’t believe we just loaded bug infested firewood into that idiot’s BMW, and he gave us free smokes to boot.”

It’s a bittersweet world out there…

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

Yes Joe, but you know the value of real treasure & their fun went up in smoke.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

What an incredible trade! We thank you for sharing your work and story and the vase thanks you for a new life!

-- "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." ~ Edgar Allan Poe

You’ve given the term “Joe Camel” a whole new meaning. This is another beautiful turning. I love birch. Four or five years ago my brother & I made a wall of bookcases in my den out of river birch. “Camel” reminds me of the beauty this wood.

Thanks for posting it.

-- Martin, Kansas

Well !!! another goodone, I just hauled a load of Russian Olive my Son in Law felled, and want to let it dry for a bit. Then I’ll see what’s hiding inside. Just came back from a Woodworking Show in Denver CO. and saw some awesome turning results.

-- Karl, Wyoming

fun story … you’re getting good at that too !

sweet turning too

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

This is a beautiful hollow form vase, love a story like this, there is always a use for wood, even the scrap woods around the shop!

-- Steve "Birdman" Weber Jr. - www.birdlandcreations.net

I saw this on the project page, and I thought to myself, I bet that’s trifern’s because its incredible. Yep, it is. Then I saw the title and I thought to myself, I really wonder how he comes up with all the interesting names on each of his turnings… I should pm him and ask. Then clicked and read. I love it.

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Note to self….. Keep bribe ready cigarettes in glove box.

Truly a beautiful vase!

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

I’m still learning. How do you keep that mounted on the lathe when you turn the inside.

-- ??? My mistakes heat the house. It's very warm in here. ???

Always a wonderful story for each piece of art that you create….got to love it !!

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

Thanks for all the kind remarks, I appreciate them all.

Unknownwoodworker, I start by rounding the blank between centers. I then turn a tenon on one end, and rough out the outside shape. Next I mount the tenon into a chuck. I finish shaping the outside and then sand. I then drill a hole down the center of the inside to the desired depth. The inside is then hollowed out.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

Nice story and great work.

It sure wasn’t good for nuthin’!

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Great looking vase. I wonder if that wood is the same as yellow birch or red birch.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

I just got some birch. What you made is beautiful. I wish I had some hollowing tools.