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Project by trifern posted 534 days ago 482 views 0 times favorited 20 comments Add to Favorites Watch

This is laminated walnut and purple heart with epoxy laced with cumin. I mixed cumin with the epoxy to give it some grain and color. I was trying to make it look like yellow heart. I need to get a press so I can get even pressure without applying so much pressure all the epoxy squeezes out. I did not care for the purple heart for turning. It is beautiful timber, but it just wants to turn to dust while turning. It measures 4.25” tall by 8.25” wide and is finished with a wipe-on poly.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.


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CharlieM1958

7466 posts in 1097 days


posted 534 days ago

You’re a bowl-turning machine!

This one is really beautiful. The border between the two woods really sets it off.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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Bill Akins

236 posts in 577 days


posted 534 days ago

Absolutley gorgeous!

-- Bill from Lithia Springs, GA I love the smell of sawdust in the morning.

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brunob

1465 posts in 1048 days


posted 534 days ago

The color is spectacular.

-- Bruce from Central New York

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rikkor

11338 posts in 753 days


posted 534 days ago

Very nice work sir.

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runngt

118 posts in 618 days


posted 534 days ago

beautiful work !

runngt

-- It seem's I just make scrap wood and saw dust most of the time !

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WoodChucker

15 posts in 786 days


posted 534 days ago

Thats one spicy bowl

-- WoodChucker, Sherwood Park, Alberta

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Scott Bryan

20080 posts in 700 days


posted 534 days ago

Trifern,

You are having fun!!!! This is another beautiful bowl. As fast as you are turning these out I am beginning to wonder if you have a group of elves in your shop. :)

Well done and thanks for the post.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

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Dusty56

3401 posts in 567 days


posted 534 days ago

stunning work …so pretty

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

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itsme_timd

675 posts in 709 days


posted 534 days ago

This is a fantastic piece, very neat idea to use cumin as a colorant and I like the results.

-- Tim D. - Woodstock, GA

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darryl

1370 posts in 1205 days


posted 534 days ago

I like that combination of the walnut and purpleheart. looks great together.
nice turning and finish.

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trifern

7890 posts in 646 days


posted 534 days ago

Thanks for all the nice comments.

Scott, no elves, just a burning desire to turn. What used to take days, now takes hours. What used to take hours, now takes minutes.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

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Marcel T

146 posts in 605 days


posted 534 days ago

Wow. Simply wow! AMAZING job!

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gator9t9

295 posts in 583 days


posted 534 days ago

That bowl is perfect for my Cheerios and berries in the morn ….oh yes …
great job …

-- Mike in Bonney Lake " If you are real real real good your whole life, You 'll be buried in a curly maple coffin when you die."

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gator9t9

295 posts in 583 days


posted 534 days ago

So Trifern ….I see on yer list of Tools and Power tools you do not have a lathe listed …..How do you do it ….All that bowl turning and not having a lathe …..I would love to know what lathe you use as i really do want to get a lathe…it has been 20 yrs since i had shavings down my shirt ….and went away sneezing at the Goncalo Alves dust …The Oneway looks really great ….but then David Marks Oliver lathe is the one i really want ,...
thanks …really nice bowls ..you are a very very good turner …

-- Mike in Bonney Lake " If you are real real real good your whole life, You 'll be buried in a curly maple coffin when you die."

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Woodhacker

1145 posts in 602 days


posted 534 days ago

Joe, yet another great turning. That wood combination looks really cool! Great design too!

I use purpleheart occasionally in my boxmaking and I’ve always thought it seems fairly brittle. I’ve made a few pens with it and noticed the same thing you mention about turning to dust.

Thanks for posting it.

-- Martin, Kansas

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brianinpa

1363 posts in 602 days


posted 533 days ago

I wish I could find the time you have: you keep cranking them out and they all look fabulous.

-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.

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Napaman

3419 posts in 956 days


posted 533 days ago

very nice…

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

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TedM

1839 posts in 611 days


posted 533 days ago

Very nice, and I agree about the purpleheart.

-- I'm a wood magician... I can turn fine lumber into firewood before your very eyes! - http://www.woodworkersguide.com

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thetimberkid

1944 posts in 582 days


posted 487 days ago

Great looking bowl!

Thanks for the post

Callum

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mcoyfrog

735 posts in 473 days


posted 470 days ago

Great turning, dig the contrast in colors….

-- Wood and Glass they kick (well you know) Have a great day - Dug

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