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Posted a question back in January about what size faceplate I needed with this 26" piece of spalted sugarberry. Was told I needed 6" oneway, so that is what I bought and used.
The bowl ended up 20"X6"X5/8.
AO,buffed with trip,WD and ren. wax.
I don't like the looks of the wood. More stained than spalted.
What do you folks think?
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I think it looks great.
It will take a lot of popcorn to fill it!
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Great job. I like the coloring in the piece, but I know what you mean about the spalting... You just never know how it's gonna turn out.
What are you going to do with a bowl that size?
Last edited by David E Keller; 07-18-2010 at 7:46 PM.
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That's a heck of a big bowl! Very nice job on the form and finish! I like the grain and the coloring! Seriously - good looking bowl!
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David, the wife wanted it for a center piece for the dining room table. Table is 5'X12'.
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Beautiful! Makes that can of Sprite look tiny.
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if youreally don't like i could store it for you
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Great job. It will definitely take a lot of popcorn, pine cones, or whatever to fill. What is the volume? Bet it goes 3 gal or more. I have not had the nerve yet to try anything that large a diameter, but did buy the needed pieces with the Powermatic to do the larger turning, just need a larger faceplate. I do have a large pecan slab/board that would be 24" diameter wall hanging and that would not require that large a faceplate.
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Big bowl! I know what you mean about the stained/dirty vs spalted look. I have done several pieces of maple from a wood pile, same tree, same length of time in the woodpile, but the results were completely different from piece to piece. Still looks good regardless!
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Thomas, I turned a 23" piece of sycamore into a 18" bowl with 3" faceplate that came with 3520. Used 3" lag bolts and didn't have any problems so bet your faceplate and 24" pecan wouldn't be a problem.
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Bobby, I kind of like the coloring on the hackberry. And, that is a "family size" popcorn bowl! Nice work.
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Very nice! The big ones can be a little tricky, especially at the inside/bottom of the bowl with such low surface speed. But it looks like you did an awesome job.......congrats! As for the coloring, there can be good bit of variation in hackberry, and I think you just happened to get one without a lot of gray streaking throughout. In any case, I like it. Great work!
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That turned out to be a beauty. Really nice looking wood.
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Giant bowl. Nicely formed and I personally like the wood.
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Now that is a heck of a bowl! Fill that with fresh baking powder biscuits and get out the butter and honey! Now this makes me want to get my bed extensions finished and put to work!
Thanks for sharing,
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