Project by RichardH | posted 03-08-2010 12:38 AM | 1201 views | 1 time favorited | 9 comments | ![]() |
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First posting for me, and finally joined after viewing many projects over the last few months. This is a small ~5 inch tall vase turned out of some scrap pieces of mesquite and a slice of bodark.
-- "It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it...It's the hard that makes it great."
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Bearpie
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#1 posted 03-08-2010 01:03 AM
Nice job and welcome to LJ.
Erwin
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#2 posted 03-08-2010 01:40 AM
hi nice looking vase i like it and welcome to lj
branch ok
woodworm
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#3 posted 03-08-2010 02:11 AM
Very nice turning work.
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John Gray
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#4 posted 03-08-2010 05:59 AM
Nice job.
Bodark is also called Osage Orange or Hedge?
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RichardH
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#5 posted 03-08-2010 06:04 AM
Thanks All!
John, you are correct. In Texas, most people seem to call it Osage Orange, but I got this back in Alabama where people tend to call it Bodark. Farmers used Bodark for fence posts as it is pest resistant…in fact one of them told me a funny story saying that when you put the posts in, you put a rock on top of one. When the rock has worn completely away, it’s time to put in a new fence post.
-- "It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it...It's the hard that makes it great."
John Gray
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#6 posted 03-08-2010 06:25 AM
Richard,
Thanks for the reply! I built alot of fence when I had cattle in Missouri so when I see a Hedge tree I immediately start seeing how many corner posts I can get out of it. I guess now that I’m starting to learn lathe turning I’ll have to switch to looking for the wood to turn.
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scrappy
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#7 posted 03-08-2010 07:35 AM
Great bowl. I like the use of the different woods. Also thanks for the info. Had never heard osage orange called anything else. I learn something new every day here.
Keep it up.
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Scrappy
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jockmike2
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#8 posted 03-08-2010 02:13 PM
Gorgeous turning, very beautiful.
-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan -
Loucarb
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#9 posted 03-09-2010 12:39 AM
Very Nice turning & welcome to Lj’s.
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