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  1. 06-14-2009, 9:52 PM #1
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    Large Cherry Burl Bowl

    While turning this chunk of Cherry, I had to battle it out with a colony of carpenter ants, a nest of termites, and a handful of huge unidentified black bugs. I literally had to stop turning every 2-3 minutes so I could clean the bug splats off my face shield and sweep all the creepy-crawlers from around the lathe and off of me. I can say that it was definitely worth the fight. The walls wound up being about 1" thick because of the deep see-thru inclusions. The bowl measures 13 1/2" across and 6 1/2" tall. I was able to core a smaller bowl from this one and give it to the man who supplied the burl. It was DA soaked(mainly to kill the bugs), then applied with Danish Oil and several coats of lacquer.
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  3. 06-14-2009, 10:12 PM #2
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    Tony - congrats on being able to keep this one together! Great looking wood and I love all the character it has with all the bark inclusions and voids! Nice work! You should be happy with this one!
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  4. 06-14-2009, 10:26 PM #3
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    Thanks Steve, as for keeping this one together, I stretched wrapped the outside so that I could do my finish turning on the inside.
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  5. 06-14-2009, 10:33 PM #4
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    Now that is one nice looking, very interesting piece of cherry!!
    Well done!!
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    Tony, thats very nice....did you buff....finish looks really smooth
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  7. 06-15-2009, 12:11 AM #6
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    Good call on leaving it thick. Thinner walls would have meant losing a lot of the character. And despite all the potholes in the road, you ended up with a nice, smooth outside curve. That's not easy to do.

    I wonder if they make windshield wipers for face shields.
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  8. 06-15-2009, 12:16 AM #7
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    Tony......nice results. I'd have been holding my breath turning that one.


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  9. 06-15-2009, 2:24 AM #8
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    Definitely some pretty wood, love all the holes and inclusions. I am glad you kept battling the bugs. Nice job.
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    Nice looking cherry and bowl looks good.
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  11. 06-16-2009, 8:28 AM #10
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    Thanks everyone for taking time to reply with your questions, comments and observations. I value your opinions.
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  12. 06-16-2009, 11:28 AM #11
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    Really catchesthe eye (and probably the tools) , almost seems that is should fall apart. I have a name for it . " Explosion in reverse"
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