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    The Burl Brothers (Cherry that is)

    About a month ago I posted a vase turned from a cherry burl I had retrieved from the woods behind my house. There were actually two burls. I turned the larger one but just set the small one aside.
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    Growing a bit tired of roughing out green stuff recently, I went back and mounted this one between centers.
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    Roughed out what I thought might be a usable shape.
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    Turned it around, did a little more refining, then gave it a coat of shellac and put some CA in any cracks since I am pretty slow at hollowing.
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    Found plenty of ants inside but that wasn’t all. After sanding the little nub from where I parted it off, I used the airgun to blow off the dust and found myself being mooned.
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    I wanted to take a picture of its business end, but sqeezed a little too hard pulling him out. ( the wet spots)
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    Very Cool wood. Nicely turned. I like the picture progression. That's a large void.

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    Holy cow how did you keep that thing together???? Wonderful piece.

  5. Baxter, those are both beauties, I've come into some cherry burl myself lately, now if only I had a couple of burl brothers to help.

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    very nice , Baxter, thanks for sharing

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    That is a beautiful piece. Very nice form!
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    I want it! That's one of the coolest things I've ever seen... Love the voids and bark and color, but the form is fantastic too! The little brother is a little fuller figured in his lower half compared to his taller sibling... Me likey! Thanks for sharing!

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    Hey... that's cheating. That's only half a turning! What happened to the rest?

    I've seen plenty of pieces with voids in them but this takes the cake!!! One thing... I'll bet it was easy to see where the cutter was while you were hollowing it!
    David DeCristoforo

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    Geez! Some people will turn anything to get out of cleaning out through a small opening! Really excellent work. It turned out great.
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    No, it's not thin enough yet.
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    Wow the final outcome is beautiful Baxter, nice seeing it go from a log to the final product like that.
    Critiques on works posted are always welcome

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    Baxter, that's as good as it gets! One of my all time favorites for sure!

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    Now that's art!
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    Baxter that is one beautiful piece. I was wondering the same thing. How did you hold that thing together. Well done.
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    It appears to me you turned a void that happens to have a little wood around in places!! Wonderful piece, Baxter, and what a challenge!!

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