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1 st platter silver maple

Project by Roper posted 224 days ago 403 views 0 times favorited 9 comments Add to Favorites Watch

this is my first try at turning bigger pieces, this platter is 18 inchs across and about 2 inchs thick. the hard silver maple was a really good stable wood for this piece.sanded to 400, and finished with tung oil.

-- Roper - Master of sawdust-


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mranum

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posted 224 days ago

Nice job!

-- Just remember,it was a lone amatuer that built the ark, and a team of experts built the Titanic.

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spanky46

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posted 224 days ago

Great looking! Good work Roper.

-- spanky46 -- Never enough clamps...Never enough tools...Never enough time.

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TroutGuy

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posted 224 days ago

Hey Roper! Very nice job on that platter!

-- There is nothing in the world more dangerous, than a woodworker who knows how to read a micrometer...

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bibb

112 posts in 423 days


posted 224 days ago

Very nice Roper, that’s one for the open art exhibit in May.
Now that you have become so proficient can we make time at school for you to show me the basics of turning?

-- Bibb in CO at http://katanadesign.com

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SteveRussell

95 posts in 853 days


posted 224 days ago

Hello Roper,

Nice Silver Maple platter… :-) I love turning Silver Maple, here is a platter I turned from Silver Maple. The tree was 15 feet across at the ground and was exceptionally beautiful. Most of the timber was chipped up when the tree died unfortunately, but I got a few pieces… This piece is titled “Genesis I, Garden of the Gods” Cheers!

Silver Maple Platter,

-- Better Woodturning and Finishing Through Chemistry... http://www.woodturningvideosplus.com

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SteveRussell

95 posts in 853 days


posted 224 days ago

Here is another Silver Maple piece I turned, this time from Spalted Silver Maple. This piece is titled “Aftermath, Prince William Sound”

-- Better Woodturning and Finishing Through Chemistry... http://www.woodturningvideosplus.com

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a1Jim

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posted 223 days ago

Looks so nice.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

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Dooley

75 posts in 615 days


posted 223 days ago

That’s Beautiful! Hey, any chance I could get you to make me a silver maple disc in the style of an Innova Monster class disc? I’ll pay! I think that would be a great piece to hang on the wall by my other discs.

You still turning a Red Rocks? I ended up in Industrial Design at the Art Institute.

-- Dooley, Wheat Ridge, Colorado http://www.facebook.com/joshua.whaley

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SteveBirdman

65 posts in 600 days


posted 115 days ago

damn roper i love the curls in this one, spun very nicely

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

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