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Tom Henry
05-11-2009, 10:17 PM
Hi my name is Tom and I am a turnaholic....I now have a Jet 1442...Oneway Talon with #2, #3, Jumbo Jaws, and flat jaws. I was at PSI over the weekend and picked up a hunk of wood...no name and only $8. Thought it would be a good blank to turn...never would I have thought it would turn out this beautiful...I think it might be a walnut crotch but I thought it was too heavy to be walnut. anyway there was a ton of green and beautiful grain direction...sorry for the poor pictures but I was so excited when it was done that I had to take it right then.

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Tom Henry
05-11-2009, 10:19 PM
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alex carey
05-11-2009, 10:41 PM
Certainly a beautiful wood, not sure if it's walnut or not but that would be my guess. It looks a little to wild to be walnut but then again I don't really know what I'm talking about. :confused: What did you sand to and what was your finish?
Jim Kountz
05-11-2009, 11:04 PM
Nice looking piece, looks like you got the hang of it!!
David Hullum
05-11-2009, 11:37 PM
it looks like cocobolo is it oily? who care it is very beautiful. :D
lynn smith
05-11-2009, 11:50 PM
Hi my name is Tom and I am a turnaholic
Hi Tom, Welcome to Turners Anonymous, There is only a
1 step program here TURN........
And congrates on the first bowl, looks good.
Steve Schlumpf
05-12-2009, 12:21 AM
Tom - congrats on your first bowl! We always recommend that you sign and date your first bowl and keep it so you can check back in a year or so and see how much your style has changed!
Jeff Nicol
05-12-2009, 7:15 AM
Tom, The bowl is great and the wood is very beautiful! It could be cocobolo or some type of rosewood may east indian. But not matter the grain and colors are very nice. Welcome and enjoy the SMC turners forum.

Jeff
Tom Henry
05-12-2009, 9:57 AM
Now that you say cocobolo...I think thats what it is....
Chris Rae
05-12-2009, 12:03 PM
Incredible piece of wood and a very nice first bowl!
Garth Jones
05-12-2009, 12:10 PM
Very pretty. My first few bowls ended up in the scrap barrel.

Cheers,
Garth
Bernie Weishapl
05-12-2009, 2:04 PM
Great looking first bowl Tom. I agree with Steve to sign, date and type of wood on the bottom and keep it. Compare it to where you are at in a year.
Bruce Shiverdecker
05-12-2009, 6:59 PM
It is BEAUTIFUL!

If it's NOT Walnut, I'll bet it's cocobola. Looks somewhat like walnut with other colors and about 1.5 times as heavy as Walnut. In either case, $8.00, is a steal!

Bruce
Tom Henry
05-12-2009, 8:39 PM
Certainly a beautiful wood, not sure if it's walnut or not but that would be my guess. It looks a little to wild to be walnut but then again I don't really know what I'm talking about. :confused: What did you sand to and what was your finish?

I sanded from 120 thru 12000 and finished with shellawax. Only had pen finishes laying around...got to read up on finishes...:D
Tom Henry
05-12-2009, 8:41 PM
It is BEAUTIFUL!

If it's NOT Walnut, I'll bet it's cocobola. Looks somewhat like walnut with other colors and about 1.5 times as heavy as Walnut. In either case, $8.00, is a steal!

Bruce

It had a check on the one end of the blank...I think that why it was so cheap...:D