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[Andy Bardowell]

OK turners, is this the real deal or photo shop? All it said at the site where I found these was that the pics are of a world famous wood turner who made a 13 foot bowl on his tractor/lathe.

[John Schreiber]

Here's a story (http://www.proserpinewoodturners.com/The_Big_Bowl.html)about some guys who made a bowl that was 8'6". If you can do that, I suppose it's just a matter of scaling up.

Seeing the picture though, I wonder about a photo shop job. I just wouldn't think it was safe for the 2nd guy watching to stand right there.

But then if you used a power tool, like a chainsaw, to do the cutting instead of a chisel, you wouldn't have to rotate the bowl very fast at all.

[Mike Henderson]

Looks real, but I wonder what you'd use it for. Maybe it was just for some contest (who can turn the biggest bowl).

Mike

[Ken Fitzgerald]

I vaguely remember those photos.....seems someone posted here in the past to a German website and there was the story and photos.

[Brad Wood]

if it is real... what the heck sort of tree did the wood come from?

[Brent Leonard]

It looks as though the bowl is comprised of several pieces of wood glued together. A laminate of sorts, just on a large scale. Perhaps there is a term for that type of large construction other than "laminate"

[Myk Rian]

That is in fact the real deal. The videos have been around for a couple years.

[Greg Peterson]

That'll hold a whole lot of 'Colon Blazt' cereal!:eek::D:D

[Brian Effinger]

Ken & Myk are correct. http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=68665&highlight=tractor+bowl