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Eugene Wigley
05-19-2009, 9:19 AM
I finished this ambrosia maple bowl Mon. night. This is the first ambrosia maple that I have turned. I like it. I bought the blank from Steve Wall Lumber back in December and rough turned the bowl then. It is 3-1/8" X 10-3/4" finished with mineral oil and bees wax.

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David Walser
05-19-2009, 9:26 AM
I like both the wood and the form. Well done.
Steve Schlumpf
05-19-2009, 10:37 AM
Beautiful bowl Eugene! Great form, wonderful markings and a good looking finish! Very nice work on this one!
Bernie Weishapl
05-19-2009, 10:44 AM
That is a beauty Eugene. Wow that is some nice wood.
Norm Zax
05-19-2009, 10:55 AM
Congrats on a fine job!
Marc Himes
05-19-2009, 6:28 PM
Absolutely beautiful! Nice job turning and finishing. Isn't that wood great!

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Ryan Baker
05-19-2009, 6:47 PM
Nice bowl! That's an interesting piece of ambrosia. Most that I have worked with has greenish streaking more than the brown you have.
Tony Kahn
05-19-2009, 8:48 PM
I get ALOT of ambrosia blanks as well as some other lumber from wall lumber. He even had some bubinga blanks the other day.
Eugene Wigley
05-20-2009, 9:44 PM
Thanks for the comments. I really enjoy learning to turn bowls with your help. I like the ambrosia maple wood and plan on getting some more.
Jim Kountz
05-20-2009, 10:48 PM
Wood and form are both well done, nice job!!
alex carey
05-20-2009, 11:04 PM
This is a nice on, I really like the wood, shape works nice, nice and simple.
Tony Kahn
05-21-2009, 7:33 AM
Eugene, What part of NC are you in?
Eugene Wigley
05-21-2009, 7:39 PM
Tony, I live in angier. (Harnett County)
Tony Kahn
05-21-2009, 7:53 PM
So i take it you did mail order, if that is the case i would strongly recommend you take the drive sometime to wall's yourself, he doesn't always have his current stock on the site, i.e. he had some 12/4 bubinga blanks last week when i was in there.
Eugene Wigley
05-21-2009, 8:25 PM
Tony, I had a crew working on a job in Matinsville Va. I had seen the Wall Lumber site on the internet so I stopped by on the way home one day. It is worth the drive to buy bowl blanks from Wall Lumber. They have a good selection and the people are great. I feel the vortex pulling me in deeper. There may be a bigger lathe in my future.(soon) That would require some larger bowl blanks. God this is addictive.
Tony Kahn
05-21-2009, 8:45 PM
You have NOOOO idea, just wait till you start hollowing. I am lucky in the fact that i live about 45 minutes from wall, and it is only about 5 minutes from my brothers place. safe to say wall gets alot of my business. He even knows me by name, not sure that is a good thing, and knows to give me a call when he is going to be cutting any ambrosia to see if i want any thing special.