mistletoe

[bowl-basher]

Hi All
One of My Grand Kids gave me this Mistletoe with the comment " bet you can't turn this Pop"":no:
It was a bit of a challange and I had no idea of what I was going to find when I started to get inside. The ony way I could work out to mount the ugly critter was to drill a mounting hole with a forstner and use my pin jaws. rough turned the outside to a tenon. re mounted and finished the outside and inside, some serious splits were filled with 2 part colored yellow and others were just left. I expected the monster to fly apart at any time but it remained in one pice
sanded to 400 and has had 2 coats of poly I will buff it in a few days and leave it where the grand kid can see it along with a photo of the "ugly lump" before And after
Regards
Bowl-Basher

[tea lady]

Well! You certainly won that bet.:2tsup::cool:

[joe greiner]

A winner both ways! (or more). Well done.:2tsup:

Cheers,
Joe

[dai sensei]

Fantastic result :2tsup:

[ElizaLeahy]

It's a beautimazing!

Would you consider it a hardwood? More a burl?

[artme]

!

[dr4g0nfly]

That is absolutely...

I hope your grandkids really appreciate it.

Well Done from :england:

[Wayne Blanch]

Thats great!:2tsup:, talk about the ugly duckling to the beautiful swan.:rolleyes:

[Ed Reiss]

...now there was a challenge, and you met it beautifully:2tsup:

[bowl-basher]

It's a beautimazing!

Would you consider it a hardwood? More a burl?

Eliza it real hard but has spots of almost rotten wood that had to be filled with CA but it turned like a Burl. A few scarey moments on the hollowing with the big fault that goes all the way through
Regards
Bowl-Basher

[new_guy90]

really nice :2tsup:

Patrick