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These came from another log behind my house. I made these a couple years ago as the first projects with my new lathe. Of course since I bought the lathe I didn’t have money for wood so I cut a couple hunks off the log. Here is what I was pleasantly surprised with. Beautiful grain. well I went back to that log yesterday thinking “I want to make some more bowls….its dried long enough”. Got out the chainsaw, started cutting and discoverd…it wasn’t dry….at least not the part that wasn’t infested with 2 inch long beetles and those big nasty grubs you see tribal kids on TV eating….I wasn’t hungry. Well..I may be able to get something usable out of the logs…but thats another day.
-- Gary, Matthews NC
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Scott Bryan
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posted 115 days ago
Hi Gary,
These are very nice bowls. The spalting gives them a unique look. This makes me wish I had a lathe.
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GaryK
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posted 115 days ago
That’s some fantastic looking wood!
-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.
rikkor
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posted 115 days ago
These are some good looking bowls. Nice work.
-- Maplewood, MN
Dominic Vanacora
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posted 114 days ago
I love spalting in wood it makes what every you make pop. The bowls will be used for many years to come. Can’t wait to see the next project from that log.
Thanks for posting your Creativity.
-- Dominic, Trinity, Florida
Garyswood
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posted 114 days ago
Scott…get the lathe. go cheap for now. I got mine at Harber Freight. get this….aside from paint it is almost exactly the same as the jet 1236…right down to the typos in the manual, and less than half the price. Only other difference is indexing stops.
Once you have a lathe you can see a piece of wood sitting on the side of the road or a firewood pile and make something out of it in a couple hours. If it doesn’t look good or cracks or you just dont like it you have not lost anything. But you have gained knowledge…and firewood.
I cant always afford to do the bigger projects I would like to do, but I can afford to throw a piece of firewood on the lathe and satisfy my desire to create. Also..the beauty of turning wood is you never know going in to it what the result will be. I read someones comment on wood turning one time..” turning wood is like opening a christmas present….you never know whats inside.”
Thank you all for the wonderful comments
-- Gary, Matthews NC