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I like the foot, but then again I have a fetish, for bowl feet that is.....

Pictures one and four are indeed plum, a crotch piece given to me by a friend on spec. Two and three are of a bowl turned from a beetle killed pine tree burl. The northern part of BC is literally...

Good heavens, it worked! Here's another beetle kill pine nut bowl complete with nuts!

I've turned a few things over the last little while and, although I believe some might like to have a look, I haven't the slightest idea how to post pictures. Ken Salisbury, before he passed away,...

I'd sure like to have watched you hollow that one out:confused: Great results!
tom

Hey Bill, what hollowing method/system do you use? I'm about to hollow some cedar and I would like to get it anywhere near what you've done!

I just ran out to the shop to measurehttp://www.sawmillcreek.org/images/icons/icon7.gif and I'm in the ballpark with you all at about 75 degrees. I have not, yet, knocked the chin off the bevel, but...

A question about sharpening the square bits used in the Monster and Clark deep hollowing systems. The bits, from 1/4 to 1/2 inch (4" length) are readily available and not really difficult to sharpen....

Like Bob Hamilton, I use Industrial Abrasives products and I have not yet found their equal. Price is right and you can cut the sheets to suit.http://www.sawmillcreek.org/images/icons/icon14.gif

We have a community arts centre that takes 30% and that would be ok if they moved things. But, I don't see any evidence of them advertising in the local papers or the local hotels and motels (this...

What do you see as a reasonable split of the selling price of your turnings? I've seen 40/60 mentioned and I think that's a bit rich for the shop keeper but maybe I' naive.

Tom

You are probably keeping your gouges sharp, arn't you? I've heard that dull tools will produce enough heat when being forced to cut that the wood will sometimes...

I'm practicing on a small end grain hollow form and I've found that normal bowl gouges arn't the best choicehttp://www.sawmillcreek.org/images/icons/icon11.gif they seem prone to catching! This hf is...

For wood in that state, when I'm ready to sand, I've flooded it with a product called PC-Petrifier Wood Hardner and I've also used yellow glue well thinned with water. It is important to soak the...

That's a great looking piece Bill! I've made one out of quilted maple, sans lid, so far. I'd like to make a few more, trouble is my memory...I have to keep going back to Bob's youtube video to review...

A question or two on preparing a deep hollow forms. Do those of you who turn deeper hollow forms, say to 12 inches deep, drill the centre down to near the full depth? And if you do, what is the drill...

Fruitwood is a bear to prevent from cracking; I've not had much luck. I usually turn it, waite a bit for it to crack, then fill the cracks with something when I think it has stabilized. Good...

What is it about the Clark system you don't like Brian? I'd really like to know before I make my choice between Clark and the Monster.
Thanks, Tom

Hi Joe. That looks like a lot of fun and, like the rest, I'd like to see a picture when it is chucked and ready for hollowing. Sounds like you are not in a hurry to tell us, who are really curious,...

Wood you knot know it, After I posted, my archive search bore fruit. I now know everything! Unless you have information branching from the main trunk, letuce leaf it alone for now. I'm off to...

I’m going to ask this question on a couple of forums just to get ideas from a broad spectrum of woodturners.
Task: I must drill a hole about 10 inches deep + into dry walnut end-grain to start the...

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I almost gave up on it a couple of times because it didn't want to stabilize, little bits and powder kept coming off but, because it was going to be rough in spots anyway, the little voids didn't...

Thanks for the comments folks. The final finish is spray-on gloss lacquer and wax. I thought that would compliment the 'ebony'.

This form is about 7" across the top and lasted about 30 seconds after my daughter saw it. I did the vinegar rusty nail solution thing on it and it actually changed colour before my eyes! Quite...