A Few More Silver Maple Burl Bowls
#15
Nice work! You did right by that gorgeous wood.
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#16
Nice! Love the grain and color; I know those must have been fun to sand?
Now where is that chisel
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#17
Thanks all.

On the small one, it did have a larger base on it at one point . . . a short loss of focus can have lasting impact.

And sanding is no fun. I really tried to avoid it, but never got the perfect finishing cut so did have to do a bit. That said, glad they're done. I have another few in process, now that all have dried from rough turn over a year ago. This was a tree that had burls up and down the trunk, so quite a few. A neighbor is getting ready to take out another with a 38" diameter trunk that's only 9' tall and has issues, but it's burl up and down as well, so looking forward to getting that one too.
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(01-07-2021, 05:37 PM)jcredding Wrote: Thanks all.

On the small one, it did have a larger base on it at one point . . . a short loss of focus can have lasting impact.

And sanding is no fun.  I really tried to avoid it, but never got the perfect finishing cut so did have to do a bit.  That said, glad they're done.  I have another few in process, now that all have dried from rough turn over a year ago.  This was a tree that had burls up and down the trunk, so quite a few.  A neighbor is getting ready to take out another with a 38" diameter trunk that's only 9' tall and has issues, but it's burl up and down as well, so looking forward to getting that one too.

Wish I had your neighbors.
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