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  1. 05-12-2014, 2:20 PM #1
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    Another Fiddle Maple

    This maple was harvested from a golf course in the western suburbs of Chicago. It was a mature tree with lot of brown heart wood and fiddled grain. The tree layed on asphalt for a couple summer months before we got to it. We sawed over forty blanks from it. Amazingly it wasn't too cracked. The black coloring suggests some type of spalting. The wood was solid and a pleasure to turn. The bowl is about 7 1/2" wide and 3 1/2" deep. It is about 3/16" thick. Finish is lacquer over Formby's Gloss Tung Oil.
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  3. 05-12-2014, 3:20 PM #2
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    Beautiful wood and nicely done, wish I could find something like that.
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  4. 05-12-2014, 9:26 PM #3
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  5. 05-12-2014, 10:24 PM #4
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    The color on the outside is amazing. As shown in the first photo.
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  6. 05-13-2014, 7:46 AM #5
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    Loving the character of the wood. I also appreciate the lack of any embellishments to allow the beauty of the wood to do all the talking. Well done on a fine looking bowl.

    Question about the finish, is it NC lacquer and how was it applied?
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  7. 05-13-2014, 8:46 AM #6
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    Nicely turned bowl using a great piece of wood. Michael.
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  8. 05-13-2014, 12:13 PM #7
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    About the nicest bowl I have ever seen!



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  9. 05-14-2014, 10:27 AM #8
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    Great looking bowl! Beautiful wood. It turned out really well.
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