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Last summer my father picked up a used lathe and we both fell in love with turning. I had turned a few goblets on his lathe when I finally bought my own lathe about a month ago. I have turned a few bowls already. After buying the lathe, my father loaded me up with several peices of wood. While we were picking through his wood pile, he showed me this log that he found at his boatdock on lake Nottely in north Georgia. He cut it in half with a chainsaw revieling a beautiful golden grain. It turned out to be honey locust. Someone had cut the wood and split it at the lake some time ago and it floated up to our dock. It was a very tough wood to work with but turned out great. You never know what treasures lie beneath reclaimed wood.
-- Bill from Lithia Springs, GA I love the smell of sawdust in the morning.
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Napaman
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posted 246 days ago
great story…and awesome result Bill!!! I have turned lots of wine stoppers and pens…but no bowls…anxious to try soon…
-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...
woodworm
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posted 246 days ago
Very nice turned bowl.
This beautiful log knew to find the right man.
-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.
Dusty56
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posted 246 days ago
The Beauty within the Beast ! Great find and nice turning : )
-- 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 .
griff
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posted 246 days ago
Hey Bill, This is a great looking Bowl. Great transformation of wood .
-- Mike, Bruce Mississippi = Jack of many trades master of none
shimmy
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posted 246 days ago
You found the bowl in there. Nice job.
saw4fun
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posted 234 days ago
Turned out great!! Pardon the pun.. Going through my offcut scrap pile from the mill and finding the “treasures” is much more fun for me than using nice even cut lumber. Keep up the good work!
-- There is no such thing as scrap wood! Rastus NE www.nativelumber.net