Working punky wood in a maple burl

museum art!! Nice.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by 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

-- ..... smalll army of cast iron wingnuts !! cool photo in FORUM

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

-- Karson 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.

-- Karson 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.

-- Dust collectors suck.

I want one of those. Absolutely love the natural edge. What did you finish it with? Gloss poly? Laquer?

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

Thanks for the kind ciomments guys and gals.
I wanted to document the pricess here incase any of or LJ’s had some burl they wanted to try.
To be honest with you all, I must tell you, that not all the wood you mount on the lathe makes it to the bowl stage but it’s all fun.
I can never drive by a gnarly piece of wood without stopping a doing a close up survey now.
Bob

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

Bob

I love the result – burl turning is one of my favorites.

Could you add a few tags to your post so we can find our turnings in the vast
space of the great projects on LumberJocks.

suggest – burl, bowl, lathe at a minimum

Cheers
Mike

-- Mike, Maryland, www.thewoodenquill.com

Wow that is a nice piece!! I wish I had “Friends” dropping stuff like that off at my House!!!!

-- Woodworking is Life. Anything before or after is just waiting.--S. McQueen sort of

Simply fantastic. You did a wonderful job with the burl.

-- Maplewood, MN

That is one gorgeous hunk of burl. You did it justice. Great tutorial as well.

-- Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit.

wow!
that is an amazing looking burl you got to work with!
the inside of that bowl is beautiful.

-- ~ www.darrylmasterson.com ~ www.woodworkingdungeon.blogspot.com ~

Finding stuff like that is a treasure hunt. You don’t find it very often and when you do it’s tough to decide how to present it.
I love it when it happens though! <g>

Bob

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