Ok, they're actually plates now - but were scraps I had left when I redid the stairway to the basement a couple of summers ago (it was before the vortex got me - but even then I just couldn't toss or burn the leftovers). Now I look at the stairs and wish I hadn't used the best figured pieces there....
Let me tell you - kiln dried elm is not very fun to turn. Very hard and really heats up sandpaper with anything but the very lightest touch - even at the lowest speed on my Rikon. Lots of hand sanding on these.
Completed these a couple months ago - finally got the camera pointed in their direction.
Both are 9" diameter - first is finished with Mahoney's Walnut Oil and Beall buffed, second is Antique Oil and Beall. There was a small crack in the first blank - used CA and sawdust to fill it - seems to hide it from some angles.
As always, thanks for looking...
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