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  1. 29th January 2013, 09:23 PM #1
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    Hi everyone, had an awkward time making these two awkward pieces, but I got there in the end. The wood has some beautiful figure in it and that's why I persevered. Nothing’s really round but I think they came up alright. One is yellow box, and the other is dunno, ironbark I think. The vase was a bit of a bugger, I finished polishing it, and then started to part it with the hacksaw. After a blood curdling screech I pulled the hacksaw out. Yes that’s right, I had the vase mounted onto the chuck with the chuck screw. And that is what the hacksaw hit. I scratched the vase all theway round and had to carve the scratches out and sand and polish again.
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  3. 29th January 2013, 10:04 PM #2
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    Nice, I would walk a crooked mile for a vase like that.
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  4. 30th January 2013, 01:41 PM #3
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    torchwood,

    Those are wonderful. Good that you took a before photo. All to often I forget.

    I have a weakness for twisted, spalted, half rotten, timber. Almost always I am rewarded.
    So much timber, so little time.

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  5. 30th January 2013, 02:30 PM #4
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    Torchwood,
    Excellent - the more difficult the piece the better the result. What did you finish them with? Drillit.
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  6. 30th January 2013, 03:08 PM #5
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    Thanks all, Drillit, after sanding to 1200 grade, I polished them with the usual -
    U-beaut EEE-ultra shine
    U-beaut Shellawax Friction polish and
    U-beaut Foodgrade Mineral Oil on the bits the other two couldn't reach. Cheers Harry
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  7. 30th January 2013, 08:54 PM #6
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    These are beautiful in their ugliness. I'm quite sure that if they'd been turned by some 'named' turner, they would be sat in a gallery commanding silly monies.

    The vase I see a hand piece, something for holding rather than sitting on a shelf, the curves with their uneven area providing a tactile sensation to the owner.

    I really like these, thanks for posting.
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  8. 30th January 2013, 09:04 PM #7
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    These are look very unusual and quite striking. Not something that I am any where near making.
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  9. 31st January 2013, 02:54 PM #8
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  10. 31st January 2013, 04:19 PM #9
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    They are really stunning. I love to use unusual shapes, they make dramatic pieces.

    Thank you for showing.

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    Nice work

    I was going to ask whether you turned them wet but that piece on the lathe looks as old os methuselah
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