It's coming a long nicely

Pay no attention to the sanding dust  it blows away.

 

 

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Very Nice!

The carpenter ants did a nice job didn't they?

Artistic little buggers.

Got it off the lathe. Two coats of some 20 year old  Tung oil - - had to break the skim off - -  some Paste wax and this is it.

And of course the most exciting part is the clean up. Thank goodness I have a place for a few shavings

Beautiful!!!

 

Love the way you turned the lip!

 

And FREE mulch to boot!- Just remember, don't use ant walnut shavings as mulch.

Nice looking bowl and I'm glad this one held together.  Because that is so light in color I do have to ask are you sure it's walnut?

No I am not sure. it's mystery wood found along the side of the road.

The bark made me think it was walnut.

I can tell it's not walnut but it is an open grained wood. I'm leaning towards it being Elm. did it have an odor to it when you were turning it?

Love this bowl.

Oh I have Siberian Elm on the property and in the area, and it's a gorgeous wood.   The bark on this hunk of lumber was so much like walnut.  But then Hickory is similar  It may be hickory then the tear-out. the fibrous stringy tear-out.  It could be walnut.  It could be hickory. 

There  is a lot of local walnut that is very light colored.  I remember the first walnut tree I cut on my property.  I was expecting the brown of english walnut and it was  white-ish - -  almost annoyingly so,

This log was taken not far from my home.   Prolly the same black walnut species.

It could be hickory It's mystery wood.

The bowl came out real nice. I would have caught the holes and had it flying in all directions. Beautiful piece.

Great job on the bowl Cliff. It has a great look to it.

Cliff, love it! I tried turning a bowl with voids in it and the results were disastrous, how do you turn it without your turning tool catching on the voids?

Oh I have Siberian Elm on the property and in the area, and it's a gorgeous wood.   The bark on this hunk of lumber was so much like walnut.  But then Hickory is similar  It may be hickory then the tear-out. the fibrous stringy tear-out.  It could be walnut.  It could be hickory. 

There  is a lot of local walnut that is very light colored.  I remember the first walnut tree I cut on my property.  I was expecting the brown of english walnut and it was  white-ish - -  almost annoyingly so,

This log was taken not far from my home.   Prolly the same black walnut species.

It could be hickory It's mystery wood.

I have turned many pieces of wood looking very similar to this.  I think it is treeus woodus.  Commonly called tree wood.   It has bark on the outside, sapwood followed by heartwood on the inside.  Many species have interesting little holes and voids.  Fun stuff.  Nice work.  LOL

Cliff, love it! I tried turning a bowl with voids in it and the results were disastrous, how do you turn it without your turning tool catching on the voids?

Very light  tool presentation. Very sharp tool.  And of course there is  plain old fashioned luck.

 

 it is treeus woodus.  Commonly called tree wood.   It has bark on the outside, sapwood followed by heartwood on the inside.  Many species have interesting little holes and voids.  Fun stuff.  Nice work.  LOL

Exactly.  Treeus woodus~!! 

 

Absolutely Beautiful Job  I llove the voids.  Really makes it unique.