Natural edge burr elm bowls

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Hello folks

here are a few pics of me cuttinga large lump of burr elm which I have been "hanging" onto for a few years :redface:
and the first three bowls which i turned yesterday after the cutting.

The lump of burr elm was about 32" tall by 24" wide and 8" at its deepest





eleven N/edge blanks


Some prime offcuts which i'll use to cast my hybrid box & hollow form blanks


modest firewood pile


I couldint resist cutting one solid burr elm hollow form blank


first bowl- 6" wide


2nd bowl- 5" wide



3rd bowl 7" wide


group pic's

 
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Mate..., have you still got all your fingers, and the meat and skin attached to them...??? Geezz those have some sharp edges...!:eek:

Yes, I agree, you do great work and I'm a fan of yours, no doubt...!

Congrats...!

PS: Just one more thing, that 6th pic from the top, looks like a "massacre" scene, did you say, "firewood pile...???"

Cheers
George
 
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Did anyone else notice how George captured the image of a man flexing his bicep in the 2nd picture of "2nd bowl- 5" wide" ( the 10th photo from the top of the thread ). A true craftsman! :biggrin:
 
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MarkD said:
Did anyone else notice how George captured the image of a man flexing his bicep in the 2nd picture of "2nd bowl- 5" wide" ( the 10th photo from the top of the thread ). A true craftsman! :biggrin:
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What..., this one...??? P1230311_zpsd49a7106.jpg

Geezzz, some people can see "things" in all sorts of things, huh...???

Sometimes I do to, I can't explain, why...!

Cheers
George

PS: I hope that George doesn't mind me using is pic to mark the spot mentioned...!

Cheers
George
 
I have just drooled over you photo's again and your recent additions.

When you see beautiful timber like that, don't you wish that there was a Bowl Saver, that would really work on something so rugged, so deep, and so thin.

I expect George, you would have had a full time job, just taking the shavings out of the workshop, or emptying your collector.

Terrific work, love the Bowls.
Brian
 
thank you for all of your comments and "likes" i really do appreciate them all


well "i've started this burr elm thread project so I better finish it" lol :tongue: here is today's 4 pieces







I feel lucky to have got this one of the lathe in one piece, lots of bark inclusions!!


 
George Watkins said:
thank you for all of your comments and "likes" i really do appreciate them all


Well "i've started this burr elm thread project so I better finish it" lol :tongue: here is today's 4 pieces
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Well, let me say this, there ARE NOT, a lot of people out there that could finish a piece last you last, period...!

Only those that have tried it before, will have an understanding to what it involves, one of the requirements is a great deal a gentleness with the cutting tools, there are ways to assist the pieces to stay together but that, in not my place to discuss here so, you really finished your project in great style George, congrats...!:wink:

Cheers
George
 
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