Firewood to cup?

Walnut on the firewood pile! That’s some nice looking wood.
Glad to see you’re putting it to good use (you can always burn it later if things go bust)

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Vincent Van Gogh -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

David——looks good to this lady who is afraid to turn anything more than a pen. Keep at it, the more you do the better you get and you find new ways of doing things. If you have not done so, check out the turning videos on this site.

-- Betsy - GO BUCKS!

Great turning wood David. What are you doing with walnut in the fire pile. Or is that how you buy all your woodworking materials.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Beauty! It’s sometimes nice to find a surprise lurking in the firewood.

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Really Nice Figure!!!

-- Chris

Looks good. Great save from the fire. Read all you can find on the net. Here are some good links. Oh, and hope you have a faceshield already.

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

Nice cup – the Walnut is beautiful. Has MsDebbie been in your firewood pile. She paints Walnut – so I wouldn’t put it past her to use it for firewood too :-))

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

Firewood gets turned into my projects all the time. That is very nice looking. I love the shape.

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I think I have passed the “pick on the walnut abuser” torch over to 3J’s….. painting has to be better than burning!!!

This is beautiful. I love how you “saw” this hidden in the not-so-good piece of wood.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Wow, that came out well. That’s great for someone only turning for ten months!

-- Maplewood, MN

The walnut came from a dead snag that was in my backyard for awhile. The branches (some 6” across) ended up in the woodpile. The trunk is under a tarp with another walnut tree waiting to go to the sawmill.

-- David, Charlotte NC (http://beechcreeknaturals.etsy.com)

Nice turning, I just started turning and of late have no free time that is not filled with other things. Post a few pics of your shop when you get a chance. I would love to see your lathe and the tools your using.

The idea of wood flying across the room also causes some concern, I can’t wait for the excitement in my life <grin> as a part of the work decides to launch out into the world. Stay safe.

-- "so much to learn and so little time"..

Pretty nice cup you found there in the firewood pile!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

I like the form. Nice turning.

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

Good for you. Looking real good, but stay safe!

-- Stevethepeeve -- I'm no rocket surgeon

Really nice looking cup, keep um coming. Mike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

I wear a full face shield and respirator when I turn. I may not be pretty, but a broken nose wont help anything.

-- David, Charlotte NC (http://beechcreeknaturals.etsy.com)

You have turned a piece of firewood into a nice piece of artwork. It’s amazing what you find in the wood stack in different places. I was travelling in the Australian outback 4 years ago & came across some very heavy hardwood on a firewood stack. I took some home. It turned out to be ‘Gidgee”, a timber that wood turners over here like to use because of the beautiful grain. Theres nothing Like a bit of a treasure hunt is there!.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Just imagine how pretty the fire would have been!

-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.

This is a nice cup. What I like best is it came from your firewood pile. I have seen a lot of people selling blank turning stock that was cut with a chain saw, a little rough but nice wood inside. Keep it up.
Ron

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3

I raid wood piles to,you never know what you will find.GREAT JOB ON THE CUP

-- Robert, mountainwoodcarving@netzero.net

this is a sweet turning and you have finished it nicely …...I’ve got a bunch of Maple in the woodpile and some of it is nicely figured but I don’t know how long to let it dry before turning it .

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