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I finally got around to making a bowl from the piece of Mulberry I was given by the sawmill operator at Jerome,Az. This was from a tree that was over 35" across. I could only carry this small piece back to the car. It was thin so I glued on a scrap block for the spigot. I was going to make a natural edge bowl but there were so many cracks in the sap wood and the thick bark kept flying off like shrapnel that I opted to turn most of the sap wood off. There is one hairline crack in the remaining sapwood and it is filled with epoxy.
This bowl will be in the raffle at the St Mary Magdalen summer festival in July along with the 2 two others that I did not have clear pictures of. All are finished with EEE and Shelawax.

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Jim, What a great piece of Mulberry, the bowl is beautiful. That was sure some tree to be 35" in dia.

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A nice clean turn Jim, lovely soft honey colour to it to compliment the finish.
Bet the winner willbe happy :))
 

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Nice bowl Jim, like the color of the wood and the finish. Make a great prize to win.
 

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Interesting. I have one in my back yard that's at least that diamater! It's a great shade tree so it's safe for now… ;0)

Nice work as usual.
 

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Nice turning work.
 

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I really like Mulberry and you've created a great bowl from this piece. The thin line of sapwood gives it a very nice look as well.
Cheers, Richard
 

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That is very nice. I have a small Mulberry tree at the end of my property. It's about 8" at the trunk. I can see that it made for a very nice bowl..
 

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Very Nice. Wish I could do it as well.
 

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Lovely wood and turnig….....
 

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A grand bit of turning Jim. As per usual.
 

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Beautiful Jim.
It seems the new workstation works.
Best thoughts,
Mads
 

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Hi guys, thanks for all the nice comments. You should have see the big log they had on the large sawmill. I could not have gotten half of it in my lathe. Anyway they were nice enough to give me a piece to turn and I think I like it.
Hi Mads, I just can't work enough on that new lathe setup. The biggest improvement was the light. I can position it quickly just where I need it on either side of a bowl like this one and keep right on turning. I used to have to move a floor light all over the place and trip over the cord half the time. The lathe weighs about 300 lbs now so I rarely crank down the solid feet.
 

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Wonderful Jim, if I get a bigger workshop one day, this will be on my to do list.
 

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Hi Jim, you always manage to make something out of … not much. Lovely turnings as usual Jim. I agree with Mads, that work station must be so wonderful to be working at and yes light makes a big difference. My work station with lighting is on my to do list.

Thanks for sharing the fun that you're having Jim.
 
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