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  1. 25th March 2008, 10:17 PM #1
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    Well team... its been a while in the making but here is my first bowl. It is certainly not going to make any galleries come running after me for products but I love it. It doesn't have an even thickness, rather an average thickness and is a little bottom heavy. Diameter is a bit over 220mm and depth is a bit under 80mm. It has pride of place on our hall table now for the car keys. Let loose on all comments and advice, I am an empty vessel waiting to be filled with knowledge. (Guessing most of you picked up that its Camphor too)

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    Good work onward and upward the logs the limit. Camphor comes up a treat, nice paterned side.
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    Ripper work Corbs - I've seen much worse 'firsts' than that one. It won't stay in pride of place for long - number 2, 3, 4 ........ have got to go somewhere!
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    Nice work. I like the flat rim. Gives a nice neat finish. And the slightly inward shaped profile. Grain really well placed. Nothing wrong with that first go.

    So where does one get Camphor Laural, seeing its like a weed and stuff?
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    Looks fine to me, Corbs. And being a tad bottom heavy makes it more stable. My only suggestion for improvement (for the future) is to cut the blanks to expose more of varying grain. In fact, I'm somewhat mystified what part of the log was your source.

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    Thanks for the comments team. Joe I picked up the blank from Monaro Timbers in Fyshwick so cannot comment on how the blank was cut or where sourced from in the log. I have another four half backs drying in the garage at the moment but they are huge and I think would exceed my current lathe/chuck capacity so will probably be resized. Camphor is fun to work with though.

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    nice work, bet your shed smells nice now as well.

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    Thick in the sides, heavy bottom, sounds like a lot of people I know and they are very nice as is your first effort.
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    Nice bowl Corbs, keep 'em coming. Gotta love the smell of Camphor

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    G'Day Corbs

    Well done Corbs, always nice to get the first one under the belt.

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    Corbs

    Very nice first bowl. Keep it to see how much you move on in design etc.

    Camphor is great to turn have a number waiting to dry out a bit myself!

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    So where does one get Camphor Laural, seeing its like a weed and stuff?
    Around here there are a number growing in suburbia which get choped down. I got a number of trunk rounds when the mun in law pruned hers last year. If you got on good with a tree surgeon no doubt they'd let you know when one's coming down. If I'm feeling kind could give you a smallish piece
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    First bowl? Well done, for sure! Nice form on it, and now you gotta watch out... if it's close to the door it might slip away...
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    Corbs, That is really well done!
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    Not bad at all for a first. I like camphor for turning. You will soon be stalking tree loppers like the rest of us.

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    Is Camphor Laural grown in Melbourne too. Or is it a warmer climate tree?
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