cherry burl

[David Keller]

Here's a gorgeous chunk of cherry burl courtesy of our own TurnerJohn74... If you get a chance to turn some of this stuff, I'd highly recommend it. Thanks for sharing, John.

I finished this a month or two ago, and it's taken on a lovely, rich color.

It's about 7.5 inches in diameter and finished with shellac and WOP.

Comments, criticism, and suggestions appreciated.

 

[Grizz]

That is beautiful. And gutsy!

 

[PenMan1]

Bravo!!!!!
Well executed.....and a gutsy turn. The cherry burl from around here is notorious for exploding when tooled and injuring the wood turner. I've never seen a piece with this much character that would actually hold together when tooled.

I get the hebie Jeebies just thinking about the throat on this rascal!

Brarvo!!!!

 

[65GTMustang]

David another Masterpiece!!!
That is some awesome Burl
I am going to look John up now.
Any info you have that might help me get in touch would be great - I will just do a simple member search.
Thanks
Kevin

 

[Nate Davey]

Beautifully done Doc

 

[David Keller]

Thanks folks! This piece didn't give me much trouble, but I'll remember the warning about exploding cherry burl.

Kevin, here's John's member page:

http://www.penturners.org/forum/member.php?u=10875

He's a good guy, and I've gotten some gorgeous wood from him.

 

[seamus7227]

David you are beginning to get a reputation! Another well executed design! Your work blows me away, such an amazing job!

 

[el_d]

Nice work David, That looks great.

 

[robutacion]

I agree completely with David (seamus7227) just above, you have certainly developed a special touch for these sort of pieces/shapes and you are making excellent executions.

As been my claim for some time that, all woods are usable and some of the best work as been produced from blanks/chunks/pieces of wood, far from "perfect". In fact, some of the best grains, colorations and other unusual characteristics are found around or withing flaws and other "things" that most people would see as rubbish/firewood.

A little imagination, some improvisation and a fair degree of care, can certainly be well worth it, huh...???:wink:

Keep up the good work, mate...!:biggrin:

Cheers
George

 

[TurnerJohn74]

Finally some Cherry Burl. You did another great job. I love your taste. It must of been hard keeping that from coming apart.
John

 

[broitblat]

Great looking wood and outstanding looking turning -- impressive, inside and out.

-Barry

 

[garrettdave]

Late night at work and just skimming.....but I had to stop and go back a couple of times to look. Beautiful work that you did there!

Dave

 

[Rangertrek]

Outstanding work on the bowl, excellent overall design.