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Thread: Olive Root bowl
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20th May 2019, 05:19 PM #1
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Olive Root bowl
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Here's a bowl from an olive root dug up from my next door neighbour's yard . About 250 mm wide X 90mm deep . There's a lot going on here and no chance of finishing this one on the vacuum chuck . The finish is DO .
Comments welcome .
Ted
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20th May 2019, 07:31 PM #2
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That bowl is a cracker Ted. You'd have to be happy with that. Did you have any trouble with grit or little stones embedded in the wood or bark? The only time I have tried a piece like this I gave because of all the grit.
TonyYou can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. ~Oscar Wilde
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21st May 2019, 01:27 AM #3
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I love roots because of the wonderful abstract figure. I have tools made of 12mm square mystery metal and from a rotary lawn mower blade that I use to rough out and knock off the dirt, and find the embedded stones, wire and nails.
Originally Posted by tony_A
Turnerted, that is absolutely beautiful!!
When I clicked on the "Like This Post" above, I got a "You don't have permission to click on this button" in a box. ?????So much timber, so little time.
Paul
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23rd May 2019, 12:57 PM #4
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Thaks for the replys and likes .
Paul, Stones and dirt were a problem .I had to cut it in half before I could move it home and it stil had a lot of rubbish in it at that stage which rapidly bluntend the chainsaw . Once I got it to my place I spent a lot of time blasting it with water ,no problem then .
Ted
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29th May 2019, 02:58 AM #5
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Nice work, love the bowl. Makes me want to go outside right now and dig up a few of my olive trees.
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1st June 2019, 10:14 PM #6
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olive wood is generally nice but that olive root bowl is spectacular, so busy and natural
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