| Project by Kerux | posted 961 days ago | 922 views | 0 times favorited | 10 comments |  |
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Cherry Burl Hollow Form (from the same burl I’ve been posting)
About 8-9 inches wide and about 4 inches tall.
Totally dripped/soaked in CA Glue to fill in cracks. I used Baking Soda as an accelerate. (something I had seen on a science channel) Bad thing was it turned all the cracks white. After, drying it was turned again then sanded. I then used some Cherry stain (hoping to do something with the leftover white cracks). After the stain dried I sanded down to 320. Then I put 6 coats of poly wipe.
I don’t know how this shape happened, but something about the way it was coming out I liked. I think of it as if I was in the 1950’s and this is something ‘they’ would say would be the shape of the ‘future.’
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CharlieM1958
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#1 posted 961 days ago
Very cool. I like it!
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
Bearpie
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#2 posted 961 days ago
The burl is beautiful, I like the shape. I made one of similar shape with a different foot/base. To tell the truth, I never know what shape the turning will end up with. The wood grains, knots and colors all combined work together to suggest the shapes it wants.
Erwin, Jacksonville, FL
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TheGravedigger
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#3 posted 961 days ago
Nice handling of the burl. Never heard of the baking soda trick. I wonder if a baking soda solution would do the same? Good overall form. Nice.
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sedcokid
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#4 posted 961 days ago
Man oh Man is this a cool shape!! Never heard of the baking soda trick either…. Nice finish too!!
Thanks for sharing!
-- Chuck Emery, Michigan,
Grumpy
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#5 posted 961 days ago
EXCELLENT PIECE.
-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python
a1Jim
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#6 posted 961 days ago
I like it like that. cool
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TJ65
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#7 posted 961 days ago
That is a great piece. Love the way it ‘just’ turned out that way.
I think that if you “listen” to a piece sometimes, it will come out better than being planned.
Very nice.
-- Theresa, https://sites.google.com/site/tmj65treasure/
branch
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#8 posted 961 days ago
hi nice shape love the wood grean nice bit of turning
i think one should always let the wood show you what it has to offer’
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Bill Akins
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#9 posted 961 days ago
Very nice. I like the shape. Beautiful burl.
-- Bill from Lithia Springs, GA I love the smell of sawdust in the morning.
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#10 posted 961 days ago
Great turning Kerux, beautiful shape, spalting and finish.
-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan -
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