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Thread: And it WAS sooo pretty

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    And it WAS sooo pretty

    A friends FIL gave me a bunch of walnut and I told him I would turn him a bowl for it. He said to make sure it was usable for food. Not a problem if I can just get it done.

    The walnut was still a little green so into the DNA after roughing it out. Some really nice contrast between the heart wood and sap wood.

    Here it is coming out of the DNA
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    All wrapped up to dry.
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    Is it dry enough??? Looks it and no DNA smell.
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    Now here's the catch!
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    Specs WERE:
    Material = Local black walnut with lots of sap wood
    Diameter = 10-1/8"
    Depth = 3"
    Number of peices = too many.

    I think there is one more piece this size but I doubt it will have the contrast.
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    Too bad! It was a great piece. The contrast was really nice.

    Marc Himes

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    That's a shame, it was going to be a beauty.

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    Must have been a pretty bad catch. It is history, don't worry about it, now you need to make another one.
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    James sure was a pretty piece, sorry.
    What tool were you using? I'm wondering if a negative rake scraper(not real sure what that is) or a skeweygauge(not sure what that is either) would have prevented the catch. I sometimes get a catch with my bowl gauge, usually when I let my mind wonder off somewhere.
    Fred

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    Bummer James, may be you can get some brass rod and connect the pieces back together with a little gap and call it an "art piece"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fred Belknap View Post
    James sure was a pretty piece, sorry.
    What tool were you using? I'm wondering if a negative rake scraper(not real sure what that is) or a skeweygauge(not sure what that is either) would have prevented the catch. I sometimes get a catch with my bowl gauge, usually when I let my mind wonder off somewhere.
    It was a flat round nose scraper and see above:
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    Dude!!! glue it up!!! A biscuit joint is out of the question but unless the fractures are major ugly...give it a whirl!
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    Bummer James..... I hate when that happens!

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    It was nice one.
    Maybe you can give him a large bowl AND a 4-5" side bowl (if you still have the foot on it). Chips & Dip bowls? Serve with lemonade?
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    Tell me again grown men can't cry. This is something that justifies a tear. This was a very unique colored bowl.
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    It was a beautiful bowl! Sorry to hear that James, I had a couple catches which resulted in a couple of slightly shorter bowls, I haven't had anything come apart on me YET... I keep waiting for that day, I'm sure it's going to be surprising.

    Just out of curiosity, was the catch on the side of the bowl at the 6 o'clock position in your photo? I don't have a round nose scraper (or any scraper) and I'm a nooB, so excuse my lack of experience with them, but I thought getting out of the bottom too far past the transition onto the sides is a big no-no with a scraper?

    I'd say chock another piece up and give it a spin again!

    If you wanna know what I would do, I would give your buddy the broken bowl in a box and tell him "here's your bowl!" when he opened it, I would say "what did you do?" Then of course, I would give him an unbroken one
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    Ooo, I hate it when that happens. Esp. when it's a really unique piece of wood. Got glue?
    David DeCristoforo

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    I think it will hold food just fine as long as it's not liquid!

    Bummer that it happened. Looked like it was going to be a nice bowl....
    Doug Swanson

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    Made me think of "Only the good die young" or something like that. Thats a shame! Nice looking bowl and wood. The wood still is.

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