Kevin Miller wrote:

Turned this a couple weeks ago. It was a gnarly, ugly hunk of wood that
was about a half inch from being tossed on the fire. Had rotten
branches in it, nasty cracks, no obvious figure. I wanted to do a
little hollow form turning though so figured it would be a good practice
piece. No loss if I blew it up. Boy was I wrong.

The main body is Rowan, aka Mountain Ash.


For a supposedly ugly piece of wood, that sure turned into a nice turned
piece. Beautiful.




One side has some nice feather figure, some spalting is mixed
throughout, a bit of burl figure here and there and overall just a
really nice piece of wood. I'm pleased with the form as well. If I can
say so myself, I think I did the wood justice.

Not sure what the lid is. May be some cherry burl, or possibly some
Cuban Mahagony I got from a friend in Florida or some Hawaiian wood I
got from another friend. It's been sitting in my shop for so long I
really can't remember what it is or where it came from.

The lid seems to clash with the rest of the turning. It looks like it's
really well executed, it just doesn't seem to fit with the piece. But then,
that could just be me.



The finial is rosewood. I finished it with BLO and Formby's Tung Oil
Finish...


...Kevin

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There is never a situation where having more rounds is a disadvantage

Rob Leatham