I finally made one, sort of.

That’s really cool looking Mr. Hunter! My first thought was it’s a tsmoking pipe. How big is that pine knot ?
You need to put somethng near it for prospective! Glad it didn’t explode on you!

-- Tony C , My high school shop teacher said "You can do it"... Now I can't stop!

Looks good to me

-- Roger from KY. Work/Play/Travel Safe. Kentuk55@bellsouth.net

Nice job
Chuck

-- Chuck, wiswood2 www.wisconsinwoodchuck.com

That’s truly a one of a kind.

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

Wow ! You give instructions on how ? My knots never look like that.

-- *Arachnoleptic*: The frantic dance performed just after you've accidently walked through a spider web.

Well, since I was asked I feel I must tell how I did it. Some might say I cheated, I say I overcame a problem with positive results. [ No I am not a political candidate]. I mounted the knot up screwed to a backing plate and used a 2” forsner bit to remove the center, very slowly. Then I very slowly finished the inside and out. Turned it over and re-chucked it to finish. As always comments are appreciated. I still say I didn’t cheat, when these come apart they are done, no amount of CA glue will put humpy dumpty back together again.

-- A childs smile is payment enough.

Looks good Doug, I have never heard of Knot turning…. As you were saying they are
hard to turn I was thinking part of the problem might be sharpness of the tool. As hard
as those knots are maybe you have to use an ultra sharp carbide tool. I can easily see
that HSS might dull very quickly with that type of cut. As for your drill trick, I had never
thought to use a forstner bit in turning, with the flat bottom that sounds like the perfect
tool to start any bowl with.

-- Bob Kenosha Wi.

Very nice Doug, I wish I could find nice pieces of wood like that where I live. I have seen some huge burls on tree’s in national parks (mostly poplar) and just wish I could cut them off and turn them.

-- Ryan