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Thread: Mallee root bowl
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7th February 2007, 10:09 AM #1
Retired Chippy
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Mallee root bowl
A friend raided a firewood pile while he was visiting South Australia, and bought back some mallee root burl pieces. He wanted them cut into pen blanks. The bowl in the photo is out of one of those pieces that was confiscated. It is 90mm high and 110 diameter. He and swmbo discussed ownership, and the bowl now resides in our residence......... permanently
. Me, I sat on the side line and said nothing. 
JimSometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really important...
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7th February 2007, 10:24 AM #2
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Jim,
What an excellent find/score, well done.
Damn nice looking piece of turning to boot
Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working. — Pablo Picasso
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7th February 2007, 10:27 AM #3
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Nice stuff Jim, did the friend get any pen blanks.
Cliff.
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7th February 2007, 03:40 PM #4
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Lovely work Powder, it came up a treat.
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7th February 2007, 03:46 PM #5
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Hey....is that what they look like when we don't burn them?? Blimey nice effort....and the place down the road sells them to burn by the uteload....perhaps it is time to buy a lathe!!!
Ours is not to reason why.....only to point and giggle.
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7th February 2007, 04:33 PM #6
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Stunning piece of turning and finishing, Jim, and Mother Nature did a fine job creating it!!
-- Wood Listener--
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7th February 2007, 06:54 PM #7
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G'Day Jim
Wow that's nice!
Cheers
Bernie
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7th February 2007, 06:59 PM #8
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Beautiful work Jim
Cheers
DJ
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7th February 2007, 07:59 PM #9
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bloody awesome
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7th February 2007, 09:09 PM #10
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sen bloody sational
Great shape, awesome color. glad it didn't get burnt.
Shorty
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7th February 2007, 10:39 PM #11
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That's simply beautiful.
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7th February 2007, 11:19 PM #12
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gobsmackingly lovely!
Well you brought out the treasure in those pieces of timber.
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7th February 2007, 11:53 PM #13
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Jim - yep, ditto to the above comments.
Yep sure is lovely.
Good save.Cheers,
Andy
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9th February 2007, 12:28 AM #14
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Gorgeous bit wood Jim.
I've got a very odd shaped piece of it that just won't tell me what shape it will take - could be sitting there a very long time.
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9th February 2007, 01:27 AM #15
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I've been ignoring those pix, hoping they'll go away. But they haven't.
Dang it, why don't mine come out looking like that? [sigh]
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