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These a couple of bowls that I was goofing around with different shapes. They are from some maple branches I picked up in the 2011 wind storm that killed a guy when the tree crushed his garage with him in it. The first one is a 4 1/4” x 1 1/2” recurve edge bowl. A little of the bark remained on the edges and it was not quite centered.
The second bowl started out as a natural edge bowl but the bark left in a hurry. It is maple and 5 1//2” x 2 1/2”. I finished turning the shape and the ends ,where the bark was, were real thin and started breaking out, so I did a little carving on them to make the broken out areas symmetrical and flared out a bit. After it was turned and bottom cleaned up, I discovered all these light lines and probed them to find that they were soft dust trails of the bugs that were eating this tree. I could not fill and re-turn the bowl so I cleaned out all the grooves before final finishing. The last shot of the bottom groove shows it goes clear through the bowl in 2 places.
They are both finished with clear matte spray!...........
-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!!
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Bob Collins
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#1 posted 341 days ago
Nice piece of turning Jim, like the shapes, especially where you carved. Great finish on both.
-- Bob C, Australia. I love sharing as long as it is not my tools
Monte Pittman
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#2 posted 341 days ago
You’re doing a really nice job on these. I like it when people don’t stick to traditional design.
-- Mother Nature created it, I just assemble it. - It's not ability that we often lack, but the patience to use our ability
a1Jim
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#3 posted 341 days ago
Cool design very nice goofing around.
-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/
Jim Jakosh
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#4 posted 341 days ago
Monte, my wife always says I’m abby normal!
-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!!
jack1
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#5 posted 341 days ago
Neat shapes. Nice finish too.
-- jack -- ...measure once, curse twice!
harry1
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#6 posted 341 days ago
That Jim is the standard of turning that I hope to one day achieve. Beautiful results.
-- Harry, Western Australia
WoodenFrog
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#7 posted 341 days ago
Really nice Work! cool!
-- Robert B. Sabina, Ohio.....
kiefer
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#8 posted 341 days ago
As always another nice result .
I would get a worm and epoxy him in the hole .
-- Kiefer 松
sedcokid
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#9 posted 341 days ago
Good looking bowls Jim!!
Thanks for sharing
-- Chuck Emery, Michigan,
rance
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#10 posted 341 days ago
You do very well with “Going with the flow”. It sometimes pushes into different areas. You did very well with both of these.
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Joe Lyddon
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#11 posted 341 days ago
COOL “goofing around”... LOL
Nice work!
Thank you.
-- Have Fun! Joe Lyddon - Alta Loma, CA USA - Home: http://www.WoodworkStuff.net ... My Small Gallery: http://www.ncwoodworker.net/pp/showgallery.php?ppuser=1389&cat=500"
peteg
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#12 posted 341 days ago
Wow, a sad story as to the tree itself Jim, you have made a great job on both these, don’t ya just love it when you cut into the little critters hiddy holes :)
Pete
-- Pete G: If you always do what you always did you'll always get what you always got
Darell
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#13 posted 341 days ago
Nice work Jim. very creative.
-- Darell, Norman, Ok.
Ken90712
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#14 posted 341 days ago
Nice work and the shapes are cool.
-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"
Roger
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#15 posted 341 days ago
Pretty awesome experiments Jim. Very nice
-- Roger from KY. Work/Play/Travel Safe. Kentuk55@bellsouth.net
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