Textured Acacia

[Mike Vickery]

This is a 10 1/4 x 3 piece of Acacia that I textured inside and out. the finish is Watco Danish oil buffed with a shoe shine brush.

Get ready to cringe the wall thickness is 1 inch.

AcaciaTexIn.jpg

AcaciaTextureOut.jpg

Critiques are welcome.

[Tony De Masi]

Mike,

No negatives from me on this piece, not even the wall thickness. I do however love how the inside of the bowl is a great reminder of the VORTEX that comes with turning.

Very well executed.

Tony

[Steve Schlumpf]

Mike - I like it! It's one of those bowls you just have to pick up! Really nice work!

Question for you: What did you use to compress your photos? I just posted on a dust collection thread and my photos do not enlarge like yours do even though they about the same size. Just wondering..

[Nancy Laird]

Steve, PIXresizer is a great program for resizing your pictures. You need to download and install PIXresizer, a free software program available at this website: http://bluefive.pair.com/free95.htm.

Scroll towards the bottom of the page to find the link to download PIXresizer.

Works like a charm!!!

Nancy

[Mike Vickery]

Question for you: What did you use to compress your photos? I just posted on a dust collection thread and my photos do not enlarge like yours do even though they about the same size. Just wondering..

http://www.getpaint.net/download.html

It is called paint.net I use it to do all of my photo editing and it is free. Gimp is another really good free program though a little harder to use.

[Keith Burns]

Mike, you've outdone yourself with this one !! I absolutely love it !!!!

[Steve Schlumpf]

Thanks Mike, I'll have to figure what I am doing that is different than everyone else. Nancy, I currently use Pixresizer and it works fine - but there is a huge difference between what I post and what it enlarges too. As an example - whenI click on one of Mike's photos it enlarges to fill the entire screen. Click on one of mine and is fills maybe 1/5 of the screen. Would like to have the photo fill the page so everyone can see what in the heck I am trying to show them!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Mike that is a great looking bowl. I really like the texture. It just makes you want to pick it up. Nice job.

[Paul Engle]

Nice Mike , the " heft " looks great and if ya drop it it is not likely to blow apart.

[Tom Sherman]

That's a good un Mike, love the wood and the work.

[Travis Stinson]

Very cool Mike! That's one way to get out of sanding.

[Kevin McPeek]

^^ What he said

I like it, and with the texturing you can really use the thick rim.
Personally I like bowls a little on the thick side, maybe it's the utilitarian in me, or just because I think there is too much hype in turning thin.

[Jonathon Spafford]

For this bowl it wouldn't look good thin, IMHO! It looks gorgeous as it is! The swirling pattern is just awesome! Great work!

[Christopher K. Hartley]

Thanks Mike, I'll have to figure what I am doing that is different than everyone else. Nancy, I currently use Pixresizer and it works fine - but there is a huge difference between what I post and what it enlarges too. As an example - whenI click on one of Mike's photos it enlarges to fill the entire screen. Click on one of mine and is fills maybe 1/5 of the screen. Would like to have the photo fill the page so everyone can see what in the heck I am trying to show them!

Steve see if you can set your resize to 800 X 600 and compress to 65% then upload.

Mike, Great Bowl I like the finish and form. A shoe brush? Now that's one I would never have thought of.

[George Van]

Nice bowl Mike, the texturing and bowl thickness fit together well. I would think the heft is appropriate for the form!