Thread: Promised pics

Looking good, Ern, that sheok is speccy, isn't it?

That rose she-oak - mmmmhhhh! - reckon it will hold the bark indefinitely Ern???
Never heard of t'other one

That figure is awsome, nice work too.

Ern,

Great looking Sheoak bowl, reckon CA will take care of any loose bark....
CA is like the shifta of the wood working world...


Musk glad to finally see a piece..not sure if I like it or not might agree with you on the depth, maybe some snappy rim work might do the trick..sorta take the eye away from the depth, depth is always useful.

be interesting to see the final out come

Hi rsser
Those are some nice peaces!
I have yet to make a peace leaving the bark edge on, I got some logs that I will try to create some of those style peaces with, will see.

I always wondered, what would be the most efficient way to make sure, the bark stays on?

Cheers
GV

Thanks for the feedback guys.

Sheoak was dry and bark showed few signs of lifting. Did use dribble or two of CA where there was a gap - that's the only way I know GV. Only drawback is that you can easily end up with a dark line btwn bark and wood that looks odd, so best to minimise it if you can.

Agree with the need for a rim treatment Hughie. Will need to reduce the height to the extent I can and then maybe look at a stepped-out band in much the same flow as the ogee wall.

Ern, that Sheok natural edge bowl has come up really nice, tasty design and u have done good job of making something cool from a tricky chunk of wood. The form of the musk bowl is really nice as well.

Yr 20 kg box is coming together, sorry for any delays, things have been pretty busy round these parts but i have an old microwave box i am dropping those species discussed chunks into so should get around to taking to the PO next week sometime..

BTW anyone else interested in the Rose Sheok for trade just PM me, still got a fair bit of it in sizable pieces an am taking the chainsaw to some fresh logs that fell down the back of my place last week...

cheeeers
john

Hi John,

Thanks.

Let me also send you the sheoak bowl as a thankyou for the timber. It'd be my pleasure.

Hi Ern,
That natural edge Rose SheOak bowl is a very fine piece of work, and beautiful wood!! Well done>>>

Originally Posted by rsser

Hi John,

Thanks.

Let me also send you the sheoak bowl as a thankyou for the timber. It'd be my pleasure.

Ern, thanks for the offer but its yr bowl mate.

I'll suss out a decent non split (yes in the sheok) chunk for yr box..

cheeeeers
john

Lookin' good Ern. Really like the N.E. bowl - is unusual to see one that is fairly 'flat' across the top (at least I've not seen too many), they usually dip quite a bit on 2 sides (following the log shape) - must've come from a bigger log.
Hope to see the musk bowl again once dried and re-turned.

What's the botanical name for Rose Sheoak? I don't really enjoy common names as they are different in different parts of this little planet of ours (confusing) - at least the botanical name stays the same all over.
We have Casuarina cunninghamiana (exotic) and Casuarina equisetifolia (indigenous) over here, but I'm guessing it's not one of them.

caveman it's
Allocasuarina torulosa


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allocasuarina_torulosa

yes that chunk came from an old tree that fell in a storm down the back of my place, probably one of the biggest rose sheoks i have seen trunk diameter terms...most of the standing ones are smaller than that..

[quote=reeves;540564]caveman it's
Allocasuarina torulosa quote]

Thanks Reeves - sure is lovely looking timber.

Hey John,

If you like it, say yes.

The missus reckons there's enough bowls on display in the house - well ... those aren't quite her words ;-}

No sweat either way.

Thanks for the pic and the tech name. Lovely stuff to turn.