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I went to bed last night with every intention of staying out of the shop and going fishing today: I haven’t gone in about 2 weeks. When I woke up this morning, I wasn’t feeling that great and with heat predictions of high 90’s, I decided to keep the boat under the tarp and I stayed in the shop all day. I wound up working on 4 different projects – what a day!
I saved another piece of wood from the fireplace and decided to turn another bowl. I just can’t seem to bring myself to burning cherry. This one measures 3¼” by 5” and is finished with a couple coats of poly. While gouging out the inside of the bowl I was a little concerned that is was not going to turn out very good because there was an in-grown peice of a stick that broke out as I was turning. Remnants of the stick can be seen inside the bowl, but not the outside.
-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.
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Dusty56
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posted 492 days ago
Well , isn’t that special !!!! You’ll have to repost this next year after some patina has developed so we can all ooooh and aaaah over it : )
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Woodhacker
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posted 492 days ago
Brian, this looks great. The grain in the cherry is terrific! Thanks for posting.
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trifern
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posted 492 days ago
Your stick adds alot of character. The cherry has beautiful grain patterns. Thank you for sharing.
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jockmike2
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posted 492 days ago
Nice looking turning, there is never a bad turning, only a bad uh, uh, a bad piece of wood. Yea thats it.
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Bill Akins
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posted 492 days ago
Beautiful bowl. Keep up the good work, but don’t forget to fish too.
-- Bill from Lithia Springs, GA I love the smell of sawdust in the morning.
thetimberkid
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posted 492 days ago
Great work!
Thanks for the post
Callum
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scottb
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posted 491 days ago
I can’t bring myself to burn cherry either. I have a small stack of it in the basement to prove it. Oak I can burn – after I look at the grain first ;)
I like the character the bit of stick adds, was thinking about ways of incorporating sticks into bowls as a sculptural or design element (Lots of time in the car – looking at trees, not enough turning) – gotta actually turn a bowl first I suppose.
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