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pommyphil
17th April 2016, 04:44 PM
Just finishing yet another big Cypress bowl [ 420mm X 100mm ] when I got a request for wooden eggs for relocated chooks, a nice 10 min skew practise.

Chooks not fussy so unsanded Camphor, maybe keep the bugs off them. 377036377037 Thanks for looking. Phil.

smiife
17th April 2016, 05:08 PM
Hi phil, nice eggs, even better bowl ,! very nicely done:cool:

doug3030
17th April 2016, 05:12 PM
Chooks not fussy so unsanded Camphor, maybe keep the bugs off them.

Put some of the camphor shavings in with the bedding in the nest box as well, but not so much that it becomes overpowering, maybe around 5 - 10 % if the total shavings.

Cheeers

Doug

Faulko
18th April 2016, 07:24 PM
nice work phil. i have a long way to go with the skew. love the bowl.

powderpost
18th April 2016, 09:28 PM
That is excellent work with the skew. Nice bowl too. Some cypress shavings in the bedding won't hurt either.

Jim

Jonzjob
1st May 2016, 04:51 AM
They look good Phil and they are not as easy as they look are they!! Lovely bowl too.

About 15 or so years back I had a commission from a falconry centre near Newent Gloucestershire. It was to turn 5 dozen eggs in 5 sizes from kestrel to golden eagle, for the same reason as yours!! I didn't have a boiled egg for a while after that

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jonzjob/Eggs.jpg (http://s47.photobucket.com/user/Jonzjob/media/Eggs.jpg.html)

I can't remember how much was skew and how much spindle gouge, but by the time I had finished I was sick of the bloody sight of them!! Earned me some cash along with a lovely yew log along with a holly log, about 5 foot long. Both had been used as display stands in the centre's shop for years and were bone dry!