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06-17-2008, 07:37 PM
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Name: Jim City: Cary State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Oct 2005 Age: 58 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 5.97 over 95 days | What You Can Do With a Day Off
Boy, I just love a day off and with my wife out of town on family business what's a guy to do except turn, turn, turn.
Today's work is a piece of Sycamore cut from a tree on my wife's family farm in Maryland. The tree was downed in a storm this past spring. For those wondering about DNA drying, this piece was turned 4 weeks after roughing and a DNA bath. |  
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06-17-2008, 07:41 PM
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Name: Tracy City: Salisbury State: NC County: Rowan Join Date: Feb 2008 Age: 47 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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That is a nice bowl, I could not do that with a week off 
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06-17-2008, 08:10 PM
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Name: Dave O'Nan City: Clayton State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 38 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 7.00 over 95 days | Re: What You Can Do With a Day Off
If the pic was only bigger - 
So we all could see the beautiful details like the under cut rim and the thing on the top...I don't know what to call it. How did you do that???
Great picture BTW, very appealing backdrop 
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06-17-2008, 08:25 PM
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Name: Jim City: Cary State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Oct 2005 Age: 58 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 5.97 over 95 days | Re: What You Can Do With a Day Off
Dave,
Thanks for the help. I've not been able to figure out how to make the thumbnail larger.
To answer your question, the thing on the top is just a small recess cut into the rim. I sealed the wood with a coating of poly to seal the wood, then used a Sharpie to "paint" in the black line.
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06-17-2008, 09:55 PM
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Name: jeff... City: State: NC County: Granville Join Date: Mar 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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My guess is that's a hunk of sycamore and the black line is some kind of ink - pretty but round - 
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06-17-2008, 10:21 PM
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Name: Jim City: Cary State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Oct 2005 Age: 58 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Have you ever seen a rectangular tree?
Wood is supposed to be round. | |
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06-17-2008, 10:34 PM
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Name: earl rasmussen City: Pikeville State: NC County: Wayne Join Date: Dec 2005 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.78 over 95 days | Re: What You Can Do With a Day Off
Originally Posted by jeff...  My guess is that's a hunk of sycamore and the black line is some kind of ink - pretty but round - Yes very pretty, nice work. 
And round it must be, I have never seen a square or flat tree they grow round, and if you cut them flat then the wood will cup, twist and curl, cut them round you must .gif "Drogar Laugh(DBG)")
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06-17-2008, 10:38 PM
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Name: jeff... City: State: NC County: Granville Join Date: Mar 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by erasmussen Yes very pretty, nice work.
And round it must be, I have never seen a square or flat tree they grow round, and if you cut them flat then the wood will cup, twist and curl, cut them round you must Round it once was but flat it shall be
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06-17-2008, 10:41 PM
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Name: Mike City: Westfield State: NC County: Stokes Join Date: Dec 2005 Age: 51 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Well, I like it! | |
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06-18-2008, 06:21 AM
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Name: Tom City: Yadkinville State: NC County: Yadkin Join Date: Jun 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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As Wayne and Garth would say, "Excellent!"
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06-18-2008, 07:18 AM
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Name: Bob City: Hillsborough State: NC County: Orange Join Date: May 2007 Age: 48 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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06-18-2008, 07:53 AM
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Name: Scott City: Cary State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Jul 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Great job on the bowl. The picture setting is the perfect way to enhance the job you did on the bowl.
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06-18-2008, 08:56 AM
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Name: Dolan Brown City: Wallace State: NC County: Duplin Join Date: Dec 2005 Age: 60 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 4.35 over 95 days | Re: What You Can Do With a Day Off
That is a really nice bowl Jim.
What tool did you use to do the lip/undercut?
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06-18-2008, 11:38 AM
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Name: Jim City: Cary State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Oct 2005 Age: 58 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 5.97 over 95 days | Re: What You Can Do With a Day Off
The undercut is something of an illusion.
Since I don't own an Oland tool or have the skills to make one, I just cut as tight an angle from the tool rest as I could, then used the 40 grit gouge to refine it further. | |
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