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  1. 25th April 2009, 01:39 AM #1
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    Default Box Elder Firewood

    What do you do with Hollow forms? I had Hollow form on my mind when I saw this chunk of firewood, but I wish I had turned it into a bowl instead... Just couldn't let this chunk of Box Elder go up in smoke...

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  3. 25th April 2009, 01:47 AM #2
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    Wow !
    So much timber, so little time.

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    Saw before more box elder hollow forms, but this one is just stunning.
    Rich color, very nice shape, I love it!!!!!
    Want see more!!
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  5. 25th April 2009, 11:52 AM #4
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    pretty nice turning Bill...whats the finish??
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    That is one that really stands out. Great work. Would have been a shame indeed if it had gone up in smoke.
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    Hey Hickory!
    Love that Flame Box Elder. I had a couple pieces but not as much flame as that and I lost most of it in the turning. Great turning of hollow form!
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    Hey, who spiked my coffee!


    Very nice. From the looks of the underside, it would've been easy to lose the colour if you chose the wrong form.
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  9. 25th April 2009, 06:15 PM #8
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    Holy moly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Dats BEWDIFUL!!!!!!!!!
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  10. 25th April 2009, 07:06 PM #9
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    Your burn this stuff But you probably think the same when some of us burn redgum.

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    Thanks, lot of nice words for an old Hack.... Finish is Wipe-On Poly, forgot how many coats as I usually wipe a coat when I finish wiping a coat on something else. Someone reminded me that I started this piece almost 3 months ago but I did the work in a couple of evening sessions but the finish was drawn out because I ran out of poly and kept forgetting to get more until I had a paying job and forced myself to go get finish... Money talks loudly around here...

    All I did was try to capture all the Flame w/o grinding it away.... That is how the design came about. I had an idea as l looking at the chunk, but then all of a sudden there was all that color and it all came together. Then I wanted to try a deep hollow form so I suffered through small 1/4" spindle gouge with a fingernail grind. and a 1/4" round nose scraper.
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  12. 26th April 2009, 12:46 PM #11
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    That is a lovely piece Wonderful timber and a great shape.
    There's no such thing as gravity, the world sux!!
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