Sure does pay to help a buddy out. Beautiful bowl and spectacular wood.
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Sure does pay to help a buddy out. Beautiful bowl and spectacular wood.
When you approach the lathe you have "the plan", after your first catch you have "the intent".- P. Harbeck
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Great looking piece!
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Nathan, that is one MONSTER of a tree! AND one BEAUTY of a bowl. Thanks for sharing it.
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Great bowl and it sure looks like there might be a few more there!
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Great looking bowl Nate. Looks like maybe a couple of more for sure.
Bernie
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A beautiful bowl with a lot of great figure. Nice photos too.
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Then I saw a man who had no feet
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Great looking wood! love the curl. Good work on the shape also.
Sparky Paessler
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Geez Nate..........why didn't you tell me your were going to cut some toothpick blanks? I would have come to help ya!
Really nice bowl! Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks everyone!! I can't believe this post has over 450 views. Roger, I'll give ya a call the next time! I feel grateful for being able to help my friend with this tree; I didn't know what to expect when he called asking me to bring my 42" bar to help him. The finish is a mix of Minwax Antique Oil and Behlen's Salad bowl finish, as I wanted to use up the last of an old can of the Behlen's. I like the Minwax Antique oil look better, as I think it penetrates the wood better due to its lower viscosity. Also, the Behlen's goes bad quickly after being opened, BUT, it is easier to apply, goes a bit farther, and doesn't yellow clear maples as badly as BLO does. As far as the bowl, I also wanted to point out that I usually don't fill the beetle larvae holes, but I did on this one, as sometimes, occasionally, people are turned off by them, and I didn't want to narrow my potential customer base. There have been a bunch so far that I haven't posted, and will be a bunch more bowls from this tree. I'm working on sanding out an 18" bark edged one that is spectacular! Don't worry, as soon as its done, I'll post it.
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