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This is a little bowl that i made out of some maple burl with a natural edge on it. This was my first time doing a natural edge on a bowl so going into it i thought it was going to be difficult to do especially since this blank it pretty dry. but it turned out to be actually pretty easy. it was not really a difficult turn. the only problem i had was with tearout on the maple burl. in the end i was getting tearout even with my scrapers and so to get rid of that i sprayed some alchohol on the bowl and just lightly touched the surface with my scraper and i got virtually no tearout. the hardest part of the project probably was the sanding though. since the edge is so all over the place i had to do alot of sanding and got quite a few cuts :/..... but now that is is done i really love the result. the finish is 4 coats of seal a cell.
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Karson
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posted 147 days ago
Nice job. A great looking burl.
-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †
Beginningwoodworker
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posted 147 days ago
Nice bowl Dennis.
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cabinetmaster
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posted 147 days ago
great looking bowl Dennis. I love the edge on it. Nice job.
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Napaman
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posted 147 days ago
very nice.
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a1Jim
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posted 147 days ago
Good looking bowl
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lew
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posted 147 days ago
Cool Bowl, Denis.
I must try one of these types of turnings- still working up the nerve!
Lew
mikega
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posted 146 days ago
Very nice Denis
I like the way you did the base. It looks like if floats above the table.
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bigwoodturner
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posted 146 days ago
great job, keep it up.
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teenagewoodworker
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posted 146 days ago
come on lew just jump on into it! youre gonna get cut a few times but in the end its worth it.
thats mikega. i didnt even notice that about the base until you mentioned it but ive always liked the look of very small bases.
jockmike2
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posted 146 days ago
Nice turning, very imaginative. Beautiful burl.
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