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Curt Fuller
03-02-2009, 9:19 AM
This is from an Ash branch that was shaped sort of like an elbow. Dead and dry and very wormy. As I hollowed it I kept loosing more and more small pieces and bark so I finally gave up trying to save them all and remember where they went. It's about 8 x 5.5 inches, has a round bottom but it has a big worm hole right near the bottom center that it sits on. It started out as this...
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb319/clfuller1_2007/2.jpg

Ended up as this....
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb319/clfuller1_2007/11-1.jpg

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb319/clfuller1_2007/12-1.jpg

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb319/clfuller1_2007/13-1.jpg
Jeff Nicol
03-02-2009, 9:22 AM
Curt, These types of turnings are the most crazy to turn! Once you start you never know what is going to happen! It is great one of my favorites! Keep on with the wild ones!

Jeff
Brian Brown
03-02-2009, 9:25 AM
Curt,

That turned out (pun intended) really well. Very gutsy to keep turning something that is shedding parts at high speed.
Ken Fitzgerald
03-02-2009, 9:26 AM
Curt....gorgeous "Open Form"!
Steve Schlumpf
03-02-2009, 9:47 AM
Very impressive piece Curt! Believe this is the first time there is actually more air than wood in a turning! Unique is an understatement! This is one of those art pieces that you have to name! Really cool!
Nathan Hawkes
03-02-2009, 10:45 AM
I like this piece a lot, Curt. I remember the term "negative space" from an artist friend that seems to be applicable here. Nice work.
Kirk Miller
03-02-2009, 11:29 AM
Very nice piece.........you should be proud as it looks great
Wayne Bower
03-02-2009, 12:44 PM
Way cool! I'll bet that was a tough turn. :eek:
Richard Madison
03-02-2009, 12:59 PM
Very gnarly (a compliment)!
kenneth walker
03-02-2009, 1:07 PM
Curt very cool piece. How does the tool rest look now?
Gary Chester
03-02-2009, 4:56 PM
That's Great!!! Really creative!!!

I'm guessing you don't sand something like that on the lathe...
Ken Glass
03-02-2009, 5:10 PM
Curt,
That looks like it was a real challenge to finish turn. I really like it because it is unusual and shows your talent to take a problem piece and work it to its potential. It is very eye-catching. Very well done.
alex carey
03-02-2009, 5:25 PM
that is truly an impressive piece. I often wonder how you sand something like that. Care to enlighten me?

Alex
Bill Bolen
03-02-2009, 5:52 PM
When I put my "artsie"had on the words organic and open form come to mind. Great piece and I admire the effort you must have put into it to get this far!...Bill..
Bernie Weishapl
03-02-2009, 5:54 PM
Beautiful piece Curt. Love the gnarly, rustic look of it.
Dave Halter
03-02-2009, 6:08 PM
I amazed at how much it stayed together. Nice work!

Dave
Leo Van Der Loo
03-02-2009, 7:37 PM
I think it doesn't hold soup, not even chunky soup :eek: :D, so it darn well is ART, I do like that piece Curt, very well executed, yup nice one :D :cool: :D
Toney Robertson
03-02-2009, 8:22 PM
Very cool and tremendously impressive.

Not only the turning but the fact you got it sanded.

Toney
Jerry Rhoads
03-02-2009, 9:41 PM
Wicked, cool

Jerry
Curt Fuller
03-02-2009, 10:19 PM
that is truly an impressive piece. I often wonder how you sand something like that. Care to enlighten me?

Alex

Thanks everyone.

Alex, I sanded this using my trusty Harbor Freight close quarters drill, a long extension, and 2" foam backed sanding discs. On some areas the drill actually fit inside, on others I was able to work through all the openings with the extension. All of it, inside and out, was sanded while it was still chucked but with the lathe off. Then to turn the bottom I used a long friction chuck with some non-skid rug backing to hold it between centers until there was just a nub left. Then sanded off the nub. This pic probably explains it better.
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb319/clfuller1_2007/9-1.jpg
William Bachtel
03-04-2009, 1:32 PM
No wonder you posted that, it is simply GREAT.