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From: dave
Date: 10-02-2004, 04:35 PM (1 of 20)
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Just posting some pics of what I did yesterday morning. Made it out of the tree in my next door neighbours back yard. http://users.hfx.eastlink.ca/~dwilkins/bowl/ashbowl1.jpg http://users.hfx.eastlink.ca/~dwilkins/bowl/ashbowl2.jpg http://users.hfx.eastlink.ca/~dwilkins/bowl/ashbowl3.jpg http://users.hfx.eastlink.ca/~dwilkins/bowl/ashbowl4.jpg Hope she didn't want that tree 
I'm lucky I survived moms cooking :p
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User: dave
Member since: 02-21-2003 Total posts: 57 |
From: Hogmami
Date: 10-02-2004, 05:06 PM (2 of 20)
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Is that ever pretty. Do you sell them?
Carolyn
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From: MaryW
Date: 10-02-2004, 07:00 PM (3 of 20)
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Isn't it nice. He makes these lovely bowls, then he stains and polishes. An awful lot of time and effort but they are just super when done. I have a really nice one sitting on my coffee table right now.
MaryW
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User: MaryW
Member since: 06-23-2005 Total posts: 2542 
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From: Bama
Date: 10-02-2004, 07:15 PM (4 of 20)
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That's beautiful Dave. My 16yo son wants to know how you do that. 
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User: Bama
Member since: 03-21-2000 Total posts: 2116 
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From: dave
Date: 10-02-2004, 08:40 PM (5 of 20)
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That's beautiful Dave. My 16yo son wants to know how you do that. Well, I git out my whittlin knife and start going round the stick, till I gets what I'm looking for. Seriously, I bought a lathe about a year and a half ago. It's great fun, as well as relaxing and educational. It's a great hobby, especially for someone to start at his age. It can be a very expensive hobby though. If you live near a woodcraft, they do seminars, they will teach technique, safety and basic skills. If he is interested, he should look up the American association of woodturners, if there is a local chapter, he could probably sit in on a meeting and get a better feel for whats needed. (lots of old guys hanging out though) Do I sell them? Not really, I did sell some peppermills in the spring. (what was I going to do with 5 peppermills?) And I have enough wood to do 3 more similar bowls downstairs. Though I have started a platter that will have a different kind of rim. If I thought something like this would appeal to people around here I'd gladly donate a bowl for some sort of fundraising thing for the site. I'm lucky I survived moms cooking :p
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User: dave
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From: Sewhappie
Date: 10-02-2004, 09:34 PM (6 of 20)
Dave, You're making your MAMA PROUD!!!!!! She done good with un's. 
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User: Sewhappie
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 10-02-2004, 09:51 PM (7 of 20)
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Beautiful bowl Dave !!!
Chrys
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User: Chrysantha
Member since: 09-06-2002 Total posts: 2414 
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From: DorothyL
Date: 10-03-2004, 09:50 AM (8 of 20)
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They are beautiful. Can you imagine what his stash looks like? Dorothy |
User: DorothyL
Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
From: MaryW
Date: 10-03-2004, 10:08 AM (9 of 20)
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LOL, just don't let him in your yard! When he moved last winter we stored huge pieces of tree trunk for him in our garage.
MaryW
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User: MaryW
Member since: 06-23-2005 Total posts: 2542
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From: Pudge99
Date: 10-03-2004, 12:41 PM (10 of 20)
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Hey Mary, You got a talented and smart son. His idea for a fundraiser is a neat idea. Maybe you could auction off one of his bowls. I am sure it would bring a pretty price. Gina
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From: MaryW
Date: 10-03-2004, 01:33 PM (11 of 20)
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Please, don't tell him he is talented and smart. His head swells easily. He's an excellent son but such a torture at times. MaryW
owner/editor of Sew Whats New |
User: MaryW
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From: Magot
Date: 10-03-2004, 02:10 PM (12 of 20)
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Yo Dave, that is one gorgeous bowl. Isn't it satifying making something original? what type of wood is it?
love and kisses, Jan
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Member since: 12-22-2002 Total posts: 3626 
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From: dave
Date: 10-03-2004, 02:36 PM (13 of 20)
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Yo Dave, that is one gorgeous bowl. Isn't it satifying making something original? what type of wood is it? It came from a nice piece of ash
I'm lucky I survived moms cooking :p
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User: dave
Member since: 02-21-2003 Total posts: 57 |
From: MaryW
Date: 10-03-2004, 02:48 PM (14 of 20)
 must you?
MaryW
owner/editor of Sew Whats New |
User: MaryW
Member since: 06-23-2005 Total posts: 2542
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From: dave
Date: 10-03-2004, 08:32 PM (15 of 20)
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must you? She asked, I answered. It would have been rude for me not to.
I'm lucky I survived moms cooking :p
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User: dave
Member since: 02-21-2003 Total posts: 57 |
From: Magot
Date: 10-03-2004, 08:39 PM (16 of 20)
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Hey, I did research on wood rotting fungi! I like wood! My FIL is a carpenter - cut me some slack here!
love and kisses, Jan
Guts-R-Us Cells a Speciality DNA to order. |
User: Magot
Member since: 12-22-2002 Total posts: 3626
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From: HHH
Date: 10-03-2004, 10:30 PM (17 of 20)
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That bowl is absolutely gorgeous! I love working with wood, but have never done any turning. Are you going to put any kind of finish or oil on it? Any more pictures of other projects? |
User: HHH
Member since: 02-10-2004 Total posts: 87 |
From: beachgirl
Date: 10-03-2004, 10:32 PM (18 of 20)
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Hey Dave, That's beautiful & boy are they good sellers, as I'm sure you know. So expensive I can't afford one. Keep up the great work & make a fortune. One thought for you..... Give dear ole Mom half the profits. Come on now son, she carried you for 9 months, went through terrific pain getting you here, fed you, bathed you, cleaned up your upchuck & all those nasty diapers, & we won't even go into the terrible 2's or the teenage years. I could go on & on but don't you feel just a " little " guilty yet ? Just rassing you but nice thought, huh ? See Mom, I'm on your side.
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User: beachgirl
Member since: 08-31-2004 Total posts: 615 
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From: allie-oops
Date: 10-04-2004, 01:25 AM (19 of 20)
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Dave, it is beautiful. My brother-in-law works with wood - teaches at university also. He had one piece, just looked like a polished log, put a cowboy hat on it and called it Jesse James. It sold for $10,000. I think he was involved in some wood art guild.....looks to me like you qualify! Allie "onward through the fog"
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User: allie-oops
Member since: 10-25-2002 Total posts: 282 
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From: LeapFrog Libby
Date: 10-05-2004, 07:29 PM (20 of 20)
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I would have thought ash was too brittle a wood to turn like that.. It is beautiful Dave.. I took a wood turning class a couple of years ago.. It was mostly introduction to woodturning, but it was one of the most interesting classes I have taken so far, since my retirement.. Some of the woods from South America were so fascinating..One little 2 X 4 rectangle of wood was so heavy.. It was a dark color , either burgundy or black, I cannot remember now.. Our instructor had some beautiful bowls.. He had a Lampshade that I loved.. He had turned it down to very thin, and the light that came through was beautiful..
Sew With Love
Libby |
User: LeapFrog Libby
Member since: 05-01-2002 Total posts: 2022 
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