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28th May 2006, 11:07 PM #1
From the tree to the table - but it aint fruit!
Actually remembered to take a pic of something before I collected it for once. This also meant I had to remember to take pics while I was wrecking it! It's only a bowl is a bowl is a bowl but some newbies might be interested.
Pic 1. Late last year, a mate found this burl on a Brigalow tree - rarer than gold fillings in hens teeth!! Had to have it!!
Pic 2. I wish I had turned it green instead of waiting 6 months - a bit of cracking and as hard as the hobs of hell now.
Pic 3. Having a light-weight lathe on castors makes this sort of turning pretty scary. After a few swipes with the roughing gouge, I thought some counter-weights might be handy. I usually turn a centre pip on the base so I can sit the piece on a dowel marking point, then just position weights with holes aligned to the holes in the faceplate until I get a reasonable balance.
Pic 4. Taking shape and still out of balance a bit but manageable.
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28th May 2006, 11:10 PM #2
the rest of it...
Pic 5. Finished base. I left the centre pip to use when tidying up the foot later.
Pic 6. Shaping the top. Wanted to keep raw edge ALL the way around which meant leaving the rim pretty chunky. Won't be to everyone's taste but it's how I wanted it. Taking it any deeper was going to open up to the large resin hole seen in the bottom so I stopped hollowing early too. Won't want to drop it on the toes!!!!
Pic 7. Mobs of CA in the bigger cracks and a couple of coats of Danish oil.
Pic 8. It's now in the woodworking section of the local show - don't often get to show my work off in real time.
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28th May 2006, 11:31 PM #3
Well done TT.... Large burl bowls present a few interesting challenges don't they???
JimSometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really important...
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29th May 2006, 01:28 AM #4Woodturner
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Nice sturdy bowl from an interesting burl (lucky find).
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29th May 2006, 02:57 AM #5
An eucaliptus burl... what a wonderful smell when you turn it.
Nice job.http://www.la-truciolara.com/
La Truciolara is the workshop where I do my shavings.
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29th May 2006, 06:25 AM #6
Darn it! You Aussies get all the good trees.
Beautiful piece. It has given me an inspiration for a piece of black gum burl out in the back yard.
Thanks for showing the process.
LarryA bulldog can whip a skunk, but is the stink worth it?
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29th May 2006, 07:21 AM #7
Nice work TT
good to see the process from start to finish
best of luck with the show100% of all non-smokers die
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29th May 2006, 09:04 AM #8
That's gorgeous! Good job... and thanks for the tutorial.
OGYT
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29th May 2006, 11:30 AM #9
Great looking bowl
Pic 2. I wish I had turned it green instead of waiting 6 months - a bit of cracking and as hard as the hobs of hell now.
Pic 3. Having a light-weight lathe on castors makes this sort of turning pretty scary. After a few swipes with the roughing gouge, I thought some counter-weights might be handy. I usually turn a centre pip on the base so I can sit the piece on a dowel marking point, then just position weights with holes aligned to the holes in the faceplate until I get a reasonable balance.
Damn fine piece of timber and all the best at the show.
hughieInspiration exists, but it has to find you working. — Pablo Picasso
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29th May 2006, 11:48 AM #10
Nice work.
I think that you and I have similar tastes as it seems that everytime you post something I think it looks great... Problem is that my lurrrv counter (greenie abacus) says that I have to give more love to others first.
Seriously nice work though. I have also spotted a burl that I need to go and hunt down (and dry) - this may have given me the inspiration to actually do it.
Cam<Insert witty remark here>
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29th May 2006, 12:33 PM #11Originally Posted by CameronPotter
My current program is to hunt wood all winter and turn all summer but from now on any special burls like this will be at least rough turned immediately.
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29th May 2006, 02:28 PM #12
Looks great!
When you harvest the wood, do you do anything to the wound left on the tree?
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29th May 2006, 02:37 PM #13
Thanks mate,
I will keep that in mind.
Cheers
Cam<Insert witty remark here>
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29th May 2006, 05:49 PM #14Originally Posted by Toasty
I drive an average of 1000k's a week out here and am amazed at the amount of timber, mainly Brigalow, that's dying off with the current drought. I always imagined that these 'Desert' timbers would survive any dry spell but apparently they just have a better system of regeneration once the drought ends, hence their abundance and short life span.
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31st May 2006, 11:53 PM #15
Who's a happy chappy then!!!!
Originally Posted by fred.n
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