Hi you all

We had the annual woodworkers, carvers and turners show in London this
past weekend, and I was fortunate to haul away, the first and third
peoples choice award.

Yes I was very pleased, as I had entered 3 pieces and all three were
liked a lot.

On top of that we had a real good time with the members demonstrating,
explaining and interacting with the public, we met and talked with a
lot of people, just 3 super good days.

http://homepage.mac.com/l.vanderloo/PhotoAlbum22.html

Have fun and take care
Leo Van Der Loo

Sorry Mike

Mike I still have to make a picture, but I was looking for a neutral
background,( I like to use grey paper), and I haven't got one that's
big enough, the one turning is approx. 24" D and 8" H, but I will put
a pic. up as soon as I can.

http://homepage.mac.com/l.vanderloo/PhotoAlbum12.html

Have fun and take care
Leo Van Der Loo

Hey! Congratulations Leo. I am looking forward to seeing the winning
pieces. After visiting your site, I can only imagine what you took to
win.

Robert

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Hi Robert
Thanks, I just finished putting up a new album with pictures from the
winning entries and some more to fill the book

I hope it works, it did for me but you never know.
This is the address

http://homepage.mac.com/l.vanderloo/PhotoAlbum28.html

Have fun and take care
Leo Van Der Loo


Very nice willow burl Leo. I also like the grain on the ash bowl and it's
nice to see someone making the effort to FINISH the bottom of a bowl A job
well done!!.....Shows you have pride in your work................

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Regards,
M.J. (Mike) Orr
www.island.net/~morr

OK Leo. I looked at the page, it worked fine, and I was really knocked
over by that willow burl bowl. WOW.

I would have been really impressed by the white ash, but after seeing
the willow, it was just spectacular, not jaw dropping.

So.... tell us. HOW in the world did you get that piece of willow burl
mounted? It is so big, and looks to be really unbalanced, and I can't
for the life of me figure how you got it mounted up well enough to do
some finish work on it. I didn't see any sign of how you held it.
?????

Another quick question. I have turned a fair amount of white ash, but
none like that, and none that color. Did you tint or stain it before
finishing?

Nice job on the new album, too.

Robert

Thanks for the compliments Robert

After taking off all the bark, I looked and found 4 bumps that where
close to even in a plane, I than screwed a large enough piece of MDF to
those, now to become feet, and than after establishing the visual
center, I screwed my faceplate to the MDF, now installed to the lathe,
I had to bold on a couple of hitch balls and a transformer body to get
the whole setup balanced.
After turning I had to cleanup the outside, willow is very fuzzy and I
could not brush it off, I then took 2 scrub pads and put them on a
stove bold and then mounted in the high speed drill, I was able to
cleanup the outside.
Hammered some pegs into the screw holes and sanded them down, you can
still see them if you look close.
After drying I had to do a lot of hand and power sanding sanding, when
all the cracks where filled.
The Ash is the natural color, I have a couple more rough turnings
somewhere in my drying cabin,
it comes from a large log, where a big branch had grown on the tree,
and there was also a big bump next to it, had a hard time getting the
pieces out and off of the log, when I went back a couple of days later,
the city crew had moved it on top off a big pile of logs and I didn't
dare to climb up there to get some more, just to dangerous.

Have fun and take care
Leo Van Der Loo

On 15 Feb 2006 22:49:50 -0800, "
wrote:

Thanks for the compliments Robert

After taking off all the bark, I looked and found 4 bumps that where
close to even in a plane, I than screwed a large enough piece of MDF to
those, now to become feet, and than after establishing the visual
center, I screwed my faceplate to the MDF, now installed to the lathe,
I had to bold on a couple of hitch balls and a transformer body to get
the whole setup balanced.
After turning I had to cleanup the outside, willow is very fuzzy and I
could not brush it off, I then took 2 scrub pads and put them on a
stove bold and then mounted in the high speed drill, I was able to
cleanup the outside.
Hammered some pegs into the screw holes and sanded them down, you can
still see them if you look close.
After drying I had to do a lot of hand and power sanding sanding, when
all the cracks where filled.
The Ash is the natural color, I have a couple more rough turnings
somewhere in my drying cabin,
it comes from a large log, where a big branch had grown on the tree,
and there was also a big bump next to it, had a hard time getting the
pieces out and off of the log, when I went back a couple of days later,
the city crew had moved it on top off a big pile of logs and I didn't
dare to climb up there to get some more, just to dangerous.

Have fun and take care
Leo Van Der Loo

pretty damn good, Leo...
I think you're starting to get it... a few more years and you'll be a legend..
*g*


That willow is so "over my head" that I not only wouldn't have imagined the
finished piece, but wouldn't know how to make it if I did...

Really ingenious mounting method, also... some amazing work!
Mac

https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis
https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm

wrote in message
oups.com...
Hi Robert
Thanks, I just finished putting up a new album with pictures from the
winning entries and some more to fill the book

I hope it works, it did for me but you never know.
This is the address

http://homepage.mac.com/l.vanderloo/PhotoAlbum28.html

Have fun and take care
Leo Van Der Loo


Very nice work Leo! You deserve to gloat over this. I reckon we all need to
get busy to catch up with you!
Thanks for sharing them with us. Lyndell

Hi Mac

Thanks, but no thanks, I like to be incognito, I do have fun just fine
the way things are.
I guess a lifelong of working around problems and finding solutions and
ways to do things, do rub off and become second nature, just lucky in
that way I suppose.

Have fun and take care
Leo Van Der Loo

Hi Lyndell

Thank you, but there is no need to catch up with anyone, the important
thing is to enjoy, having fun with what you are doing, do what pleases
you, and getting better just comes naturally.

http://homepage.mac.com/l.vanderloo/PhotoAlbum12.html

Have fun and take care
Leo Van Der Loo