Wow, that's nice wood and a great shape in turning. Will you go gloss or satin for the finish?
Where's the foot?
Art
Wow, that's nice wood and a great shape in turning. Will you go gloss or satin for the finish?
Where's the foot?
Art
That's just purdy. I love the color and patterns of the aussie burls...just gorgeous. Really nice form on that David, hard not to like a bowl that looks a pleasure to hold.
Stuff it hard as rock I imagine. I've turned it once and it rattled my bones till I got past the natural edge stuff.
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Thanks for the comments folks. Hart, my wife does like this piece... She actually said, 'Don't give this one away' which is high praise coming from her. JK, this wood is far to hard and heavy to make splints with... Anybody wearing this thing on an arm for 6 weeks would have some serious shoulder issues.
I don't have a coring setup, but this burl has got me thinking about one... I figure if I can core this stuff then I can do concrete as well. I've got another large burl that I'm going to do a commissioned piece with... I may wait until I get a coring setup before proceeding.
This one is going to be shiny I think. As for the foot, be patient with me... I'm still finding my way in the world of footed forms. This piece actually has a very large base(1/3 to 1/2 half of the form), and I don't know how to make a foot look right when it's that large.
I'm happy to share this stuff with you when you come down. Beware of what you ask for though, this stuff is as hard as a rock!
I'll have to find some examples of that form, Scott... Sounds like it might be a good one. If you're ever in the neighborhood, give me a shout... I've never looked to see how far apart we are, but I might be able to make a day trip some weekend if you're interested.
Hard doesn't even begin to describe this stuff. I did the majority of the form with a heavy scraper... I seem to get better cuts with scrapers than any other type of tool.
Another beauty Doc. Just a tip. I tried to core a redgum hurl on a pm 3520 and it stalled violently 5 times. I ended up coring it with a bowl gouge. That is a awsome piece. Thanks for showing.
Such a nice piece. Let's see 2 more......Australian burls are always wonderful.
The prettier the wood the simpler the form. And since this is about as simple as it gets, I would say it is perfect fit! Great looking piece!
I agree with Baxter, a wood with this beautiful grain pattern looks better on a simpler form. I've only turned a couple of pieces of Aussie burl and man were they a hard wood, it felt like I was turning petrified wood.
Stunning! Nothing else to say -
thats what is known as "letting the wood be the star" as far as i'm concerned you couldn't have done any better
absolutely spectacular piece of wood
That is a great piece of wood. I have used it in the past. One of the items I made I filled the inclusions with silver and then finished it. Really stood out
Not sure how I missed this the other day when you posted it, but this is very nice, what a great looking piece of wood to!
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Gorgeous piece of wood and the form fits it to a T! I really like this one!
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Very nice piece. How did you reverse turn? Jamchuck?
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I really think it was a wise decision to leave the edge a little thick. It allows us to get a full look at the points. The colors and figure are fantastic. The simplicity of the form keeps our focus on all the is going on. As you say you can study this piece for a long time and just enjoy it all.
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Thanks all for the kind comments and feedback.
I'll keep that in mind, Lee... I don't know if the remainder of this burl is wormy or not. I'd love to see a photo or two of the piece you mentioned.
Thanks, Eric. I pretty much reverse everything on a jam chuck, and that's how this piece was done. I don't own a vacuum chuck, and I'm too cheap to buy one at this point.