Been wanting to put an un-ruley piece of wood on the new G0766, just to see how well it performed with an unbalanced and heavy piece of wood.
I had a friend drop me off some ash from the 3rd Winchester Battlefield [Civil War] this past Saturday, and they are having to cut a lot of trees, many of them Ash because they want to get ahead of any Emerald Ash borer problems. A win/win as they get some bowls back to support the battlefield foundation, and some of our turners get to turn some historic wood.
This ash is plain hard! The blank started out at around 55-65 lbs, [estimate] and although I sealed it with anchorseal last Saturday, it was left by my driveway and got rained on pretty hard for a couple of days so it had some moisture.
The blank was bigger on one side than the other by a good bit, and I left it in the half log form that it was given to me in, as I just wanted to do it the hard way, having to cut the corners and bark with the gouge and not a bandsaw. and make a natural edge bowl. Began the process with a recess drilled in the face with a 2-1/8" Forstner bit.
G0766 lathe pics 043.jpg G0766 lathe pics 045.jpg G0766 lathe pics 047.jpg This thing made me find the "harmonic sweet spot" as far as rpm's, and my lathe did the rock and roll, until I found it.......not the lathe's fault, but I have fairly week plywood floor on my utility building with not enough joist support, so that was an adventure in and of itself.
Here is part of the roughout - G0766 lathe pics 049.jpg G0766 lathe pics 053.jpg G0766 lathe pics 054.jpg
I would not normally post a roughout like this, but wanted those who might wonder about the lathes capability to see some of that capability in action.
Interesting color variation with the heartwood on this Ash, I think, and I hope to finish this up in the next few days......I currently have it still mounted on the lathe with a plastic bag over it, and want it to oval just a bit, then will turn to final thickness, and put finish on it.
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Originally Posted by Mike haines
too funny
Well, David......I sure am glad 'cause I am one of those who would hate for you to kill yourself over something like the word b _ _ _ _! [not guitar or mandalin or fiddle 
] I would miss all the amphora forms, sweet finials and pedestals with beads in them and that famous DeCristoforo wit that you bring to the turning family! 
