Blood Brother

This one looks great: I hope the color isn’t the blood from your nose. Hind sight is always 20/20, skin heals, and blood clots.

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

Naughty boy Trifern. You know the old story “once bitten twice shy”, what happened to you?. Will have to send you down here for some serious counselling. LOL

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

“WOW” that bloodwood looks great. Your a pro on the lathe. How many pieces do you turn in a months time.
As many pieces that I’ve seen that you have turn. You could right your own book. Keep up the exellent work.

-- Dennis Zongker

Great job!

Thanks for the post

Callum

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Trifern, sorry to hear about the spin-off. Brianinpa, said it all.

The grain pattern is amazing, was it developed through the glue up or was the piece tooled from a block?

-- Norm (AKA - The Maddhatter), Middletown DE

WOW is an understatement on this project , but that is exactly what I said when I saw it ….Thank God you’re alright Trifern : ) Lesson learned and thank you for the face shield warnings : ) The turning and the finish are awesome !

-- 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 .

Talk about “bloodwood”!

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

Now that’s pretty vessel!

keep up the great work.

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

Beautiful work !! , the color is outstanding

-- John in Belgrave ,(Slideshow http://cid-69bce320c6d8b119.spaces.live.com/ (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com

Maddhatter, this was turn from a single block of wood.

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

She is both a beut and brute…the grain is stunning!

-- //FC - Round Rock, TX - "Experience is what you get just after you need it"

Your work is amazing and inspiring. Thanks for the safety reminder. Rapidly spinning hunks of hard wood still scares me about as much as spinning sharpened plates of metal.

-- GSY from N. Idaho

When in a fight with a bloodwood bowl, never lead with your nose. Sorry it hit you, but glad it didn’t shatter or get bunged up. It’s a true beauty.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Looks like you’re finely tuning your wood turning skills. Great looking stuff coming from ya!

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

Very nice, glad to hear your wern’t seriously injured.

-- Glenn, New Mexico

Thanks for all the kind remarks. The only reason I admitted my stupidity is to hopefully prevent it to happening to someone else.

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

...another very nice piece! Well done. At least you didn’t have to name it “nose breaker.”

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) †

Always great looking Joe!! Thats a beauty, and makes me want to get a lathe, someday. Glad no serious injury, and anyone thats been in the trades have some battle scars somewhere. Looks like you taught that wood whose boss.

-- Dan Wiggins

stunning.. stunning.. stunning!!!

Ouch re: the duel.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Beautiful!

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

Beautiful, Very good turn. oh yea, don`t forget your face shield.

-- Mike, Bruce Mississippi = Jack of many trades master of none

Man Joe that was a close one. Thank God for that one. You still made an amazing bowl. Out-damn-standing. buds,

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Scopemonkey were did you get the picture of my mother in law???? just kidding

seriously though nice bowl TRIFERN sorry to hear of your smack in the face but as long as you’re ok now .Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

Joe, another great looking turning! I’ve used bloodwood in keepsake boxes before, I like the closed-grain characteristics. Did you have any trouble with the oils of the bloodwood seeping into the finish? Whenever I use it I wipe it down with acetone to draw out the surface oils before finishing.

I’m real sorry to hear of your accident. I hope you’re healing OK.

-- Martin, Kansas

Thanks again everyone. Martin, I did not have any troubles with the oils seeping. I did saturate it with mineral spirits several times prior to finishing. Man is that a heavy, dense wood.

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

That is really a beautiful vessel . . . my favorite of yours to date. It’s really quite amazing that it wasn’t demolished in the accident.

I told my husband of your accident. He hasn’t been wearing his faceshield because it cuts down so much on visibility. I’m hoping he’ll take your advice.

-- "But godliness with contentment is great gain." 1 Timothy 6:6

Excellent work. Nice choice of wood. The grain is fantastic.

-- Michael A. Brailsford