Working punky wood in a maple burl

museum art!! Nice.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Wow the transformation from beginning to end is quite dramatic, amazing what lurks beneath even grizzly looking pieces of lumber.

-- I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso

That is quite the show piece! At what speeds did you turn? I’m always amazed at the speeds that some turners will turn at. I usually rough in at 850 rpms and do my finish cuts and sanding at 1000rpms. With burls and unbalanced turnings I will go to my SuperShop where I can turn as slow as 32 rpms.

Oh, by the way, I’m not going to ask, O.K.?

-- Jesus is Lord!

Beautiful form, Bob! I’d love to watch you turn some stuff if the opportunity ever presented itself.

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Thanks for the encouragement fellas and gal.
Debbie you are too kind. – Tell my Wife! <vbg>
Daimin;
Once you start this hobby no stick of wood ever looks the same to you.-;)
Oscorner:
I try to let the wood tell me how fast to cut so I have no hard and fast rules.
I keep my tools razor sharp and try to take light , consistent cuts. I usually have a shape in my head I am trying to carve.
I tend to think of it in feet/meters per second as the travel on a large piece is much greater than a small one.
I can’t really cut much lower than 100 rpm but the lathe will drop to around 25.
Most is refined at around 1000 and finishing above that.
Mot:
Your are always welcome to my shop any time you are up my way.

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

Beautiful Bob…looks like it took an extraordinary light touch.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

Just amazing. Gods beauty beond the skin.

-- Randy - Live by the spirit...Galatians 5:16

Nice!

-- Randy - Live by the spirit...Galatians 5:16

great bowl. thing of beauty

-- keeping myself entertained

Bob A beautiful bowl. Does it look the same today. and have you done any others from the same burl?

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Hi karson.
I have another piece ready to turn if I could just get at it.
Soon .
Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

Good job and good luck.

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

You’re sure right about every stick taking on a new measure. Beautiful piece of wood skillfully turned and finished. Deb is right.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Amazing.

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

These natural turnings are some of my favorite forms of woodworking. I love it so much.

-- Happy woodworking! http://www.blakeweber.us