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Pete Jordan
07-01-2010, 8:27 PM
A friend of a friend heard I was a turner and asked me to make him a bowl and a platter. He said he had a walnut tree that had belonged to his father and the gifts are to be for his dad for Christmas. I went to get the wood today and boy was I shocked!

These are the two big pieces that I worked on today. I got one home and hope to get the rest on Saturday. He said I could have the rest of the wood if I wanted:D

The girl in the pic is the daughter of a friend.
Leo Van Der Loo
07-01-2010, 8:33 PM
WOW, yes I think you can get a bowl or two out of that :eek: :rolleyes::D
David E Keller
07-01-2010, 8:41 PM
Either that girls is about 8 inches tall, or you got some pretty nice sized hunks of walnut there. Congrats.
John Keeton
07-01-2010, 8:50 PM
Pete, looks like it has been down awhile. That should be some gorgeous wood - hope you have the lathe capacity to maximize the size.
charlie knighton
07-01-2010, 8:50 PM
gloat, gloat, gloat.....good score
Aaron Wingert
07-01-2010, 9:16 PM
Pete, you suck. That is a great score sir!
David DeCristoforo
07-01-2010, 9:18 PM
You are definitely gonna need a bigger lathe...
Allen Neighbors
07-01-2010, 9:25 PM
Get it all. Cut it up. Anchorseal it. Turn. Turn. Turn. Then turn a bit more. :D
Randy Gazda
07-01-2010, 9:35 PM
Not much turns nicer than walnut. ENJOY
Roland Martin
07-01-2010, 9:39 PM
Gotta love those friends of a friend:). You can PM me if you have too much to handle:D
Baxter Smith
07-01-2010, 9:47 PM
Is that one of those Stihl's with a 12" bar?;)
Joe Shinall
07-01-2010, 10:21 PM
Pete, that is one big trashy piece of wood. You should not even waste your time with it. It's hazardous. Lucky for you, I have a license in trashy walnut removal and can come immediately to pick it up...uhhh...take it away to a far away place for you....
Steve Schlumpf
07-01-2010, 11:51 PM
Pete... WOW! Excellent gloat! Looking forward to seeing what you turn out of it!
Jon Lanier
07-01-2010, 11:54 PM
Congratulations... that is one sweet gloat.
Jack Mincey
07-02-2010, 10:28 AM
What a score!!! Walnut of that size is hard to come by. Looks like it has been down for a while. If so it should prove to be very stable if you cut your blanks to avoid any checks that formed in the wood.
Happy Turning,
Jack
Bernie Weishapl
07-02-2010, 10:44 AM
Wow Pete. That should keep ya off the streets a day or two. Boy that is going to makes some great turnings.
Jim Podsedly
07-02-2010, 12:58 PM
Nice score!
Tom Sherman
07-02-2010, 8:37 PM
Great score on the walnut Pete. Look forward to seeing what comes from it.