Hadn't posted anything for a while so here's the latest from the shop. I have been experimenting with tree slices on the Ringmaster and have been pleasantly surprised by the results so far. I didn't have any slices large enough to make a decent size bowl so I improvised, adapted and overcomed. Or something like that.

 

The mesquite was three 6" diameter slices that got cut into 120* wedges. Quite a few cracks so there's quite a bit of epoxy filling. The other two came from a branch cut down by a neighbor from his large, dead ash tree. The branch was about 4" in diameter and just at the very limit of my miter saw. The small bowl was four slices and the larger one was nine slices. I'll even attach pics of the original blanks for those enquiring minds...

 

And a couple of teak and walnut trivets that were SUPPOSED to be bowls but the glue-up went astray.

 

Thanx for looking.

Some fantastic patterns you created!

Those are just plain cool Tony! Very resourceful and creative.