Hello from Wisconsin

[Westley Rosenbaum]

Well thanks for all the kind welcomes everyone. Sorry it took me this long to respond. The other forum I belong to does not have as many members, therefore it moves much slower than this one, I'll have to get use to that A couple of you asked where I am in Wisconsin, I live in the Waukesha area. I wasn't expecting so many others to be from Wisconsin! Gotta love it here I see you guys like the pictures, I'll get those posted for ya...

This is the first bowl I made, it is from an Elm tree cut down from my backyard

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This is the second bowl I made. It is Bloodwood. Man was that stuff tough. I would not have made only my 2nd bowl out of this stuff if I knew beforehand what it was and how dense it was.

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And lastly, my 3rd bowl which is Birch. Made this one and sent it in the mail to my girlfriend's Dad who lives about 3 hours away from us. He is a retired carpenter who likes these kinds of things and we try to keep in touch with him as much as possible.

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Well thanks for lookin everyone. I hope I can take some more time out to work on my lathe than I did last year. Still have lots to learn! I'll post my flatwork stuff in the section titled "Woodworking Projects"

[Kim Ford]

Welcome from another cheesehead in the Sheboygan area.

[Brian Effinger]

Welcome Westley! This is a great place to learn from many talented turners. I can see you are well on your way with those bowls - all three are really good looking.

Brian

[Gary Kvasnicka]

Welcome Westley, Very nice looking bowls.