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  1. 1st November 2010, 10:45 PM #1
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    Default My big (kauri) knob! Step-by-step.

    Well it's not a burl and it's not technically a crotch, but it's got flame figure, quilting (of sorts ), bark inclusions, knots, spalting and it was big and roundish before I even got to it. Roughed it out about this time last year so I thought I'd better get it finished to take to Prossy for the instant gallery. I'm arriving after and Ken get there so I can hide it at the opposite end of the table to Kens stuff - wouldn't want to show him up
    Yeah - I know - he doesn't have much to worry about eh!

    1. The victim - had to go to make way for a new classroom at one of my schools. Irony is that after the tree was dropped, funding was reduced and so was the size of the room - tree could have stayed
    2. The knob as I received it - only wanted the main log for boards but the top bloke who cut it thought I might like 'the knob". The tree was 'topped' some years ago and you can see where the cap has gown over and completely covered the sawn end while it has developed some good size branches - was even one on the cap.
    3. While the cap was growing over, the exposed heart was busy rotting with the spalting spreading down the log.
    4. Took a chance on there being enough wood left to hold it on a faceplate to get started.
    5. Started roughing with a carbide-tip to even out the knots. Note the tailstock up for safety - couldn't do that on a swivel-head or outboard - one of the many reasons I love my Stubby
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  3. 1st November 2010, 10:58 PM #2
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    6. Wheeeeee!
    7. As soon as the old sawn edge appeared it was time to refine the shape without taking any more off that area - made it very difficult to come up with a profile I could live with.
    8. Remounted on a chuck to shape the bottom - spalted area tearing out something shocking!
    9. Had a hell of a job hollowing this out - below the cap there was nothing but resin-bound pithy crud - you couldn't cut it, you couldn't scrape it, all it did was roll up into balls and bounce the tools around inside the form. Eventually found timber all the way except a few areas where the bark-inclusions went right through - drowned them in CA to keep them in place.
    10. Wrapped the outside in newspaper and left it for 12 months or so. A few small cracks around the bottom that I messed up with CA but I can live with it .
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  4. 1st November 2010, 11:07 PM #3
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    Default Finis!

    11. Inside was sprayed with flat-black to hide just how rough it is . Many hours spent filling voids with ebony dust and CA, followed by 14 or 15 coats of wipe-on poly, sanding heavily between the first half dozen or so.
    12. Buffed with Ubeaut Traditional to finish with.
    13. Love the flames along the top of the old butt
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  5. 1st November 2010, 11:17 PM #4
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    Wow!!!!!!!!!!!! is all I can say right now.

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    Bloody good effort, looks good as well. Looking forward to seeing it in the flesh.
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    Hey TTIT

    WWWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW now thats a bloody master piece I love it awsome job mate well done say how much would something like that go for

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  8. 2nd November 2010, 05:13 AM #7
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    Very well done, TTIT.
    A serious beauty
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  9. 2nd November 2010, 05:56 AM #8
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    Bloody ripper Vern. Every time I see one of your works I become disillusioned at my own pathetic efforts, but at the same time I am inspired to do better.
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  10. 2nd November 2010, 06:06 AM #9
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    awsome bit of work !
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    wow
    cant wait to see it in flesh also at prossy
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    Now thats an incredible piece well done
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  13. 2nd November 2010, 08:11 AM #12
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    Absolutely fantastic Vern.

    Would have been worth walking to Proserpine just
    to see it.

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    Vern, Well done a excellent out come to a challenging lump.
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    Great piece, great shape.Love it.

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  16. 2nd November 2010, 08:38 AM #15
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    Aaaaww shucks Thanks for the comments everyone Was always worried the shape just wasn't quite right because I was limited by the structure of the knob but the more I look at it, the more I like it now.
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