Sassafras bowl

[sawduster]

thanx to the kindness of Steve ( from West by-golly Virginia :mrgreen: ) I have some sassafras to play with :icon_cheers
here's my first attempt :

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Considering this started as a log , I'm pretty happy with it :mrgreen:. Man-O-Man does that stuff smell nice when you turn it :icon_thum

Thanx for lookin :mrgreen:

 

[Mike Davis]

Thanks for postin' That looks great, I've got to get out in the woods and look for trees.

I spent most of the day cutting grass yesterday and recovering today.

 

[ScottM]

Super job my friend especially in this heat. Is there nothing you can't do?

 

[steviegwood]

Hey Brudda, dat sure is purdy. But actually you would have to thank big brother Gary for gathering up the sassafras. I just delivered it. Steve

 

[Trent Mason]

Excellent job bro! :thumbs_up:thumbs_up That's some purdy wood and you did it justice. :wink_smil

 

[Rob]

Wow, very nice.

 

[Tar Heel]

Robert, that's a sassy looking sassafrass bowl. Looking good my friend.

 

[cskipper]

That's beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Mt. Gomer]

Beautiful!

 

[Canuck]

Very nice work there, Robert!:icon_thum:icon_thum:icon_thum

Beautiful piece of wood, for sure. You did it justice!

Hope you display it proudly.

Wayne

 

[CarvedTones]

Excellent work! Does it smell like root beer?

 

[JRD]

Heck with the bowl.

I'd turn it for the smell alone.

Nice work though.

Jim

 

[sawduster]

Excellent work! Does it smell like root beer?

More like cinnamon-y root beer :eusa_danc i am saving the off-cuts for my smoker :icon_thum

thanx for the kind words everyone :notworthy:


I might actually get this spinny stuff down pat one day :gar-Bi

 

[ScottM]

Yo Buddy....What finish are you using? I like that glossy look.

 

[sawduster]

Yo Buddy....What finish are you using? I like that glossy look.

thanx for the compliment bro ....finishing is as challenging as turning for me :BangHead:
sanded to 600 , sealed with Mylands ,finished with 4 coats of rattle can Deft ( 30 mins and 0000 steel wool between coats ) cure for a day or so then Johnson's paste wax and some final buffing
Nuttin' fancy, just the only way I know how to do it right now :embaresse

 

[CarvedTones]

finishing is as challenging as turning for me

Nice attempt at humility... :rolf:

You are doing a great job with both turning and finishing.

 

[sawduster]

Nice attempt at humility... :rolf:

You are doing a great job with both turning and finishing.

Thanx for the kind words and encouragement bro :icon_thum What you don't see is the busted recesses from digging in the bowl gouge/Oland tool and flinging the bowl into the yard, cracked sides from sanding-heating , purely horrific finishes from tear out and tool marks that don't appear until the lacquer is applied :BangHead: etc etc
I have definitely screwed up some purdy wood :wsad:
Problem is I don't have the heart to burn them ( yet ) :no:

Someone on this forum put it quite perfectly and succinctly when they said ( paraphrase ) ...everything I do on the lathe is practice and once in awhile I get something worth showing off :gar-La;

 

[PChristy]

Nice job on the bowl bro - I usually wipe my work down with MS - that will show you any marks that is left - the MS will evaporate and not mess up your finish when applied -

 

[farmerbw]

Nice work there bro. :eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap

Brian.

 

[Dragon]

Nice job on the bowl. Yeah, I gotta get out there and find me some decent sized trees.