Rainbow Poplar Burl Bowl
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stonepecker
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OMG........I hope it doesn't crack also.
What a BEAUTIFUL piece of wood.
What a BEAUTIFUL piece of wood.
Jim15
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That looks awesome so far.
nativewooder
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I don't know how you dry things in the land of ice and snow, but down here that sucker would already be buried in wood chips in a cardboard box, sealed, weighed and dated so I could check it every 30 days until it quits losing weight. I hope you wind up with a great bowl!
Bobostro61
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LOL, yup, she's in wood shavings in a paper bag at least.
RustySplinters
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Holy CRAP! That is an incredible piece of wood!
dozuki
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What they said. I would be afraid to touch it. It would be set aside until my skill level improved.
alankulwicki7
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Why don't you turn it to finished bowl right now? I've done a lot of bowls that way and have yet to have them crack on me...
Charlie_W
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Great find! Maybe it will freeze dry!
TellicoTurning
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That's a piece I would soak in my DNA bucket for a couple of days, then set aside to dry... I've had good luck with poplar drying...
Incredible piece of wood.... the last piece of "rainbow" poplar I found (at the local Woodcraft store and in pepper mill blank form) was almost totally black from laying in a swamp or somewhere... the wood stunk like puke and drew flies like crazy... but it did make some beautiful pepper mills....
Looking forward to seeing the finished bowl.
Incredible piece of wood.... the last piece of "rainbow" poplar I found (at the local Woodcraft store and in pepper mill blank form) was almost totally black from laying in a swamp or somewhere... the wood stunk like puke and drew flies like crazy... but it did make some beautiful pepper mills....
Looking forward to seeing the finished bowl.
Turned Around
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I made a decent sized bowl when I first started turning out of rainbow poplar. Nothing cracked and I had a little thinner wall left on it for drying that you prepped yours for. Mine had similar colors, too. Beautiful when just polished when done. Need to buy some more.
triw51
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That is so cool bet it looks better in hand seems pictures cant do justice to a bowl like that
GaryMGg
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Sweet!
BJohn
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That bowl is going to rock !
Bobostro61
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At the price of DNA around here (especially to fill a bucket), the DNA would cost more than the blank cost me. I'll give the paper bag and shavings a go.
alankulwicki7
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TellicoTurning
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My DNA bucket is more than a year old... it's a 5 gallon bucket with a lid that I got at Lowe's and has about 3 gallons of DNA... I bought them over a couple of months from revenue from one of my shows... don't think I paid more than $15 per gallon.
But most of the time, I do like alankulwicki.... I turn to finish and if they warp, so be it... haven't had many crack that way... if they still feel really wet after I reach final sizes, I may run them through the microwave... I have one in the shop that I picked up at local habitat store for about $20... it's an old one that will hold about a 13 inch bowl.
Harpazo
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Very nice piece of wood! Thanks for sharing!
raar25
Member
Awesome looking wood, I will have to revisit E-Bay.
So this a new one for me, do you just dunk the wood in the DNA and how long do you leave it in there?
So this a new one for me, do you just dunk the wood in the DNA and how long do you leave it in there?