Big turning project
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silent soundly
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O.O
Are you sure he wasn't looking for some washtub-sized bowls? 
Beautiful job on all those bowls.
What kind of wood is it?
Beautiful job on all those bowls.
What kind of wood is it?
Charlie_W
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Super Job Rich!
I hope you were getting paid by the piece!
I hope you were getting paid by the piece!
SteveG
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Looks like a full afternoon's work!
Actually, just how much time was invested...it looks like a LOT of very nice work?
Actually, just how much time was invested...it looks like a LOT of very nice work?
SteveJ
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That's amazing!
tomtedesco
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Did you use the chips on the floor also. LOL
oneleggimp
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Beautiful Work.
kyaggie
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That's amazing! Fantastic job!
southernclay
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Edgar you of all wood id players should know this is oak! :devil:
Check out the file name :biggrin:
Rich those are awesome, great shapes on the hollow forms, look to be unfinished still?
triw51
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Awsome
low_48
Member
Thanks everyone. It's some species of red oak. The guy planted it 55 years ago. I was shocked when he brought that piece over. But then I saw that some of the growth rings were over 1/2" wide. Still unfinished. 17 of the bowls just came out of the drying kiln, the rest are in there now. I use an old upright freezer with a fan and light bulb in it for drying. The pieces that the client buys will be finished in natural. The others will be a variety of finishes. Some sand blasted, some dyed then pores filled with colored wax, and some filled with acrylic paint the sanded back. The paint stays in the pores, and the rest goes back to natural. Going to have days and days of sanding. It's taken just over a month to get to this point. Lost track of how many garbage cans of chips have been hauled out!
hcpens
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I just got to see that lathe you turned that on.
Beautiful work!
Beautiful work!
liljohn1368
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Wow! That's really nice work....