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Working punky wood in a maple burl

Project by Bob #2 posted 884 days ago 2004 views 0 times favorited 23 comments Add to Favorites Watch

These pics tell the whole story

The fellow that trims my trees around home dropped off this huge burl about 2 years ago.
This is about 1/4 of it so far.

I just keep running out of time .

Time is not my friend.

Bob

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


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MsDebbieP

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posted 884 days ago

museum art!! Nice.

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

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Damian Penney

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posted 884 days ago

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

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oscorner

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posted 884 days ago

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!

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mot

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posted 884 days ago

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)

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Bob #2

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posted 884 days ago

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

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Bob Babcock

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posted 884 days ago

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

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

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rudedog552

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posted 884 days ago

Just amazing. Gods beauty beond the skin.

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

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rudedog552

47 posts in 903 days


posted 884 days ago

Nice!

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

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DAN

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posted 741 days ago

great bowl. thing of beauty

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

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Karson

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posted 741 days ago

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

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

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Bob #2

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posted 741 days ago

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

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Karson

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posted 741 days ago

Good job and good luck.

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

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Douglas Bordner

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posted 741 days ago

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.

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Dorje

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posted 741 days ago

Amazing.

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

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Blake

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posted 741 days ago

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

-- Check out my new website! http://www.blakeweberwoodworking.com

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Dadoo

1723 posts in 884 days


posted 741 days ago

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!

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Bob #2

3037 posts in 915 days


posted 741 days ago

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

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mike

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posted 727 days ago

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

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RobG

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posted 708 days ago

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

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rikkor

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posted 708 days ago

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

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trifern

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posted 549 days ago

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

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

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darryl

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posted 548 days ago

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

-- www.darrylmasterson.com ~ www.darrylmasterson.etsy.com

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Bob #2

3037 posts in 915 days


posted 548 days ago

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

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