Birdseye bowl and saucer

[Steve Ash]

I was given a piece of birdseye maple with powder post beetle holes in it from Creeker Paul Downes at out last woodworkers meeting. He had gotten it from Michigan's Upper Peninsula and was planing on making a gunstock till the bugs took up residence. He then cut it up in bowl blanks and gave me one.

I turned this with a face plate and was going to cut off the bottom portion about the time my wife came out to see how I was doing. She thought it would look nice with a saucer or plate under the bowl. I used the parting tool to make it look like the base of the bowl is sitting on the saucer.

She was very excited that this is one that is used with dry wood and she can use it immediately....happy wife, happy life.

[Christopher K. Hartley]

Ya know, for a Shade Tree Grease Monkey (Compliment where I come from) you do a darn good job on spinny things too! This is beautiful!

[Pete Jordan]

Great Job Buddy!

I hope you don't forget about flatwork.

[Jim Dunn]

Steve outstanding!!! That's some beautiful wood. How much did you have to pay the bugs to ruin it for a gun stock??

[Corey Hallagan]

Nice execution on a beautiful piece of wood Steve, nice work.

Corey

[John Miliunas]

Yup, he's hooked! Nice job on the BE and how fortunate you were to get such a big chunk of it! Well done, my friend!

[Stu Ablett in Tokyo Japan]

Geez, that is a nice piece of wood, and you did a great job of revealing it's inner beauty!

Happy wife, happy life, oh, yeah, I'd agree with that!

[Curt Fuller]

You did a great job Steve. That sure is pretty wood too.

[Stephen Hibbs]

That wood is so amazing!! The bowl is nice as well, and you did a great job sanding it to bring out the ___(what's that effect called?). OH MY, I need to find some of that, I bet it's expensive though, I bet it makes nice pens. I can't get over that wood

[Bruce Shiverdecker]

Nice effect, Steve.

Bruce

[Doug Thompson]

Very unique Steve! Wifes have some good ideas If we only listen to them.

Good job,
Doug

[John Hart]

Nicely done Steve! That's some awesome wood you got there. Oh...sorry....That your wife's got there!!!

[Dennis Peacock]

Gotta love that birdseye maple. I have two turning tools who's handles are made from birdseye that was given to me by a fellow turner. You did good Steve.

[Steve Ash]

Thanks guys for the very kind comments and praise...all of you.

[Ron Jones near Indy]

Very nice work! And you found a great piece of wood to play with.