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It seems that the harder you work for a pice of wood the better the reward. Digging up a 2000 lb stump is only the begenning of the process. Next comes picking rocks out of crevaces and yes , some rocks get compleyely enveloped within the stump- not very blade friendly. Then Pressure washing cleans the entire stump. Cut the roots back so the stump fits on the mill, build a jig to hold it while sawing. About two or three blades later, you have maybe 20 percent of wood you started with. Then make turning blanks. Turning the stump burl is easy when green, but after drying, the wood turns rock. Extremely sharp tools are a necessity.

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Looks like all of your efforts have paid off : ) Fantastic grain in that bowl !!
 

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Excellent work! Very eye catching piece, thanks for sharing and welcome aboard.
 

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Beautiful wood and very nice turning.
 

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That is awesome! Nice to see I am not the only one who saves stumps:)

Very Respectfully,

Nate
 

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That's beautiful, certainly is a lot of work, but the results speak for themselves.
 

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Beautiful results from all of your efforts.
 

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Your bowl looks great, and that Oliver Lathe is not bad either. Both your tools and your wooden projects
are good. You did not mention what type of root that was, I have never dug up a cedar, or juniper root,
so I do not know if they are a different color than the top. Thank you for sharing.
 

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That's a great turning, I know what you mean about the trees engulfing the rocks. After I cut the monster tree down in my yard, I ground the stump down, hit 4 rocks two of them were granite, broke 5 huge teeth on the grinder and spent half a day welding new teeth on about $80 worth.
 
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