River Birch HF

[Steve Frederick]

Beautiful Bill!
You said it was punky. How did you stabilize it?
Nice form too!

[Bob Bergstrom]

Had to be quite a challenge to turn it with that much decay. The result of your effort and patience have paid off. Beautiful piece.

[Curt Fuller]

That's beautiful. Well worth the effort of digging it out and dealing with the punky wood. I really like the shape too.

[Bill Bolen]

Steve: I had about 1/2 a can of minwax wood hardener so I used it up on this piece. Man, I hate that stuff! The fumes just about knock me out even when used outdoors but it does the job...Bill...

[Terry Achey]

Gee, I can't say more than has already been said, Bill. Simply beautiful in every way. Given that I have yet to venture too far into hollow form, I'm always espcially impressed with the narrow opening - wide bodied pieces such as this. In my eyes, it's truly an impressive pices of wood and workmanship!

Terry

[Mike Golka]

Oooooooo.....shiny, pretty wood, nice form. Well done

[Alan Tolchinsky]

Mike, I use a home made articulating hollowing system. Walls are 1/4 to 3/8 foot closing in on 1/2. The wood was so punky I was a bit nervous going to 1/4 or 3/16..Bill..

Now Bill I think you're being modest about your work. Those walls have to be slightly less than 1/4 to 3/8 foot.

[Rob Cunningham]

Nice form and beautiful wood. I think it was well worth the effort of digging it out and stabilizing the wood.

[Paul Engle]

Awsome indeed !!!!:d