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  1. 04-16-2009, 11:32 AM #1
    Phil St.Germain
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    Ugly Wood Bowl

    This is a maple ugly wood/burl bowl that I turned wet and let move. Left the bottom a little thick (5/16ths) because I thought it was going to fall apart. 12 x 2 with 5 coats of Deft. This one has been purchased by the local Historical Society to go on permanent display. The HS approached me at a show when they heard my schpeal about using local wood salvaged from road work or pulled from the dump. Now that the HS has purchased a bowl, the library and the Forestry Foundation want a couple for displays. AS someone on this forum said, peolpe like wood with a story.


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  3. 04-16-2009, 12:58 PM #2
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    Phil - first off - Congrats on the sales!

    Very interesting bowl! Nice form - lots & lots of character! Really like all that wild grain!

    Very nice work!

    Looking forward to seeing what you turn for the library and Forestry Foundation! Pretty cool!
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  4. 04-16-2009, 1:22 PM #3
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    Phil great looking bowl and congrats on the sale plus the future ones.
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  5. 04-16-2009, 1:43 PM #4
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    Phil, congrats. I love the character of the piece. The hole makes it good for conversation.
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    looks great. I actually think that the ticker bottom works really well on it. It shows off the texture of the hole better.
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  7. 04-16-2009, 7:06 PM #6
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    Ugly??? Not sure where you got that. It looks great. Love it! Congrats on the sale too.
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  8. 04-16-2009, 8:08 PM #7
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    How big is your vacuum pump??
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  9. 04-16-2009, 10:02 PM #8
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    Thanks

    Thanks for the nice comments.

    This blank was from a log that that I pulled from the dump. I posted a pic of that log here and someone called it ugly wood. I still have 15 or so blanks left to work.

    No vacuum pump, I use a large padded disk and the tail stock for a friction chuck. Though it is on the always expanding must have list.

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  10. 04-17-2009, 12:06 AM #9
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    With a hole in the bowl the size of the one in that bowl, you would need a 400hp diesel hooked up to a roots blower to hold it on the vacuum chuck.
    I was funnin' ya.
    Nice.
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  11. 04-17-2009, 11:51 AM #10
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    they coul become interesting wall hangings...
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  12. 04-18-2009, 1:10 AM #11
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    Beautiful bowl and that's not ugly wood!
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