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  1. 02-17-2006, 7:15 PM #1
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    Elm Bowl

    Well here is bowl #3. It is what I call Chinese Elm wood. It was pretty easy turning or the more I turn it gets easier. I was amazed that it has been a couple of months since I cut it with the chainsaw and just used latex paint to seal it. I put on 3 coats and it seems to have worked well. Anyway got it roughed out and in the DNA. SWMBO told me to finish it so it looks nice because she is making a candy dish out of it for the table or she said she might use it for potpourri. She said I would like to have one a little bigger and (I just smiled ) said I have to have a bigger lathe for that. Anyway here it is.
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  3. 02-17-2006, 7:20 PM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bernie Weishapl
    She said I would like to have one a little bigger and (I just smiled ) said I have to have a bigger lathe for that. Anyway here it is.
    Bernie nice bowl. Looks like it would be big enough for Andy's icecream addiction.

    Jump on that "one a little bigger" statement and get a big Mustard or Mayo colored one.
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  4. 02-17-2006, 7:56 PM #3
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    Bernie, that's quite a nice bowl. Looks humongous in your photos, how big is it??

    A bigger one, "I have to have a bigger lathe for that" You sly old fox you.

    Quick thinkin though,

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  5. 02-17-2006, 8:05 PM #4
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    Really great looking bowl Bernie! Hope it all turns out ok for you. I am still taking bets that you have a BOL (Big Old Lathe) in the shop by the All Star Break!
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  6. 02-17-2006, 8:19 PM #5
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    What is it now Bernie, 3 months and you're already looking at mustard or mayo. Nice bowl.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bernie Weishapl
    She said I would like to have one a little bigger and (I just smiled ) said I have to have a bigger lathe for that. Anyway here it is.
    Work it, Bernie. Work it!

    I'm not for sure about this but, you might want to be careful about what finish you use if "SWMBO" chooses to use the bowl for potpourri. The oils my wife uses seem to be very tough on a finish. Hopefully somebody with experience, (not me) can shed more light on this.

    BTW. What does SWMBO stand for?

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  8. 02-17-2006, 8:23 PM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cecil Arnold
    What is it now Bernie, 3 months and you're already looking at mustard or mayo. Nice bowl.
    Or maybe a Silver Bullet?

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    Swmbo=she Who Must Be Obeyed
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  10. 02-17-2006, 9:15 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Dunn
    Swmbo=she Who Must Be Obeyed
    Roger.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bernie Weishapl
    She said I would like to have one a little bigger and (I just smiled ) said I have to have a bigger lathe for that. Anyway here it is. [/SIZE]

    Bernie Bernie Bernie... that's a cheap trick. Tisk tisk tisk... Works though .

    Nice work on the bowl. Keep it up.

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  12. 02-17-2006, 10:14 PM #11
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    Ataboy Bernie, Proud to know you ...I mentioned to my wife today
    that it would be nice to have a better lathe like those folks on SMC
    have! But she said that I'd already worked that line on her to get
    the one I have now . Gotta think of another approach!
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    Mike - Show her that monster Dick turned for his wife.

    "Promise her anything, but give yourself white iron".

    Oh yeah - nice one Bernie!
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    Wow, pretty wood. I hate to think how much of that I have burned up! Be sure and post pictures when it is finished.
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    Thanks for all the kind comments. I will post pictures when I get it finished. Not sure but have been looking at a 1442 or 1642 for a while now. Not sure I could slip a 1642 by but maybe a 1442.

    George the potpourri my wife uses is like rose pedals, leaves, etc.
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  16. 02-17-2006, 11:58 PM #15
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    Bernie, skip all those intermediate steps and go for the mustard.
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