Thanks for the kind words Edward. The shallow bowl below the burl weed pots is made of a Wild Cherry crotch. If the tree divides from the main trunk into two smaller trunks the section at the junction is called a crotch. If you rip that crotch through the pith with a chainsaw it will expose a beautiful flame figure on each side. The flame is usually not thick on small trees but thicker on large trees. It is easy to turn through it and loose it. Hence the shallower bowl. Cherry, maple, walnut, oak, birch, all have flame figures hiding within.
I made a walking stick for Faye in the hope that she'll be able to come home from the hospital, and be able to walk again someday.
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Somebody's getting ahead of the curve for Valentine's Day. Impressive.
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Funny story I worked there for 80 hours once back when. Almost lost all those hours for getting into any argument on the last day.
Funny story I worked there for 5 years and quit on my birthday. I worked with special needs (as the term was back then) adults to get them ready for work placement.
@First_Warrior Do you have any kind of website or social media for your work? These all look awesome and I want to waste some time on the internet browsing everything.
I used to have a web page but I let it lapse. Don't do social media as I'm a old stick in the mud. Mostly I have a couple of galleries handling my work.
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I put these pipes in a cigar box and called it a pipe stand.
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Is this how it's done, @Bob_Luken?
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Putting a selection of bowls together for one of my Gallerys. The Gallery takes 50% of retail.
Very nice, Rodger…. 👍
Those are beautiful Rodger, especially the bowl in the upper right. What kind of wood is it made from? Please keep posting pictures of your work.
Thanks for the kind words Edward. The shallow bowl below the burl weed pots is made of a Wild Cherry crotch. If the tree divides from the main trunk into two smaller trunks the section at the junction is called a crotch. If you rip that crotch through the pith with a chainsaw it will expose a beautiful flame figure on each side. The flame is usually not thick on small trees but thicker on large trees. It is easy to turn through it and loose it. Hence the shallower bowl. Cherry, maple, walnut, oak, birch, all have flame figures hiding within.
A nubber, made from some scrap dowel rod and a couple of finishing nails ground to finer points.
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17
That'll work.
A cross for my wife, my first go at burning the wood.
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17
Nice work.
Thank you!
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17
Messing around with some scrap wood and made this, a cigar holder with various holding options.
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17
It looks happy!
don't let the lawyers at Google see that, just kidding, neat design.
Or the lawyers at Goodwill
Funny story I worked there for 80 hours once back when. Almost lost all those hours for getting into any argument on the last day.
I made a walking stick for Faye in the hope that she'll be able to come home from the hospital, and be able to walk again someday.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
Made these for the front porch.
Somebody's getting ahead of the curve for Valentine's Day. Impressive.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
Making us look like pikers, Glenn.
Funny story I worked there for 5 years and quit on my birthday. I worked with special needs (as the term was back then) adults to get them ready for work placement.
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A few pieces of my current work
A mask carved and underpainted
the completed mask
Two shields
Nice work!
@First_Warrior Do you have any kind of website or social media for your work? These all look awesome and I want to waste some time on the internet browsing everything.
I used to have a web page but I let it lapse. Don't do social media as I'm a old stick in the mud. Mostly I have a couple of galleries handling my work.
I made a cigar rest from a used cutter.