curly maple bowl/dish (#4)

[Dan Cannon]

Found this piece of maple in the closeout bin and thought it looked like it had potential. It was thin, so decided to try my first shallow type bowl. (or is this considered a platter??)

About 9" diameter, finished with WOP and beall buff. This was my first WOP experiment, and bought the beall buff system just yesterday so I could finish this one up (knowing I'll need it in the future anyway). I'm pretty happy with it, though there are a few small spots that almost look like nicks in the finish, but I think it's just tearout that I didn't get all the way taken out. Of course they didn't show up until I buffed it. :rolleyes:

C&C more than welcome, thanks for looking!

Dan
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[tom martin]

I think your experiment was a huge success! You really got the grain to pop! Nice form and finish
Tom

[Roger Chandler]

Nice form on this, great finish and the grain in the wood has great chatoyance! I like the way you finished the bottom off as well!

[charlie knighton]

very nice, Dan

you will get better, but you may not find a better piece of wood, enjoy

[John Keeton]

Dan, this is your best yet!! Very nice work, and fantastic wood. Great bargain find. BTW, my understanding is that a platter has a much wider foot - usually more than the 1/3 we use as the max for bowls. So, I guess this is technically a bowl.

[Jim Burr]

Great "Bowl" Dan...at least that's what I want to call it;). Nice rim detail and the foot is great. I need to lay my hands on a good source for that stuff.:cool:

[Steve Schlumpf]

Great looking bowl Dan! I like the open form you created and absolutely love the wood! You should be happy with this one! Keep up the good work!

[Ron Stadler]

sure is pretty, nice form and I love that type of foot, looks nice.

[Bill Bolen]

Beautiful piece on some fantastic wood. Gotta love the "bargain bin" now...Bill...

[George Guadiane]

Everyone has already given you an accurate opinion on this one, but just in case you don't believe it yet...
This is a GREAT bargain bin find worked as well as any of us could (IMO)

And I'm sure I won't be the last to tell you so.

[Bob Bergstrom]

Really nice wood and keeping the form simple only enhances that beautiful grain. The WOP really made the figure pop!!:cool:

[Bernie Weishapl]

That is a really nice bowl and the wood is something else.

[David E Keller]

Lovely form and finish... Not to mention a top notch piece of wood. Kudos.

[Dan Cannon]

Thanks so much for all the kind words everyone! This forum sure knows how to make a guy feel good! :o I have to admit, when I started turning this one, I was very pleasantly surprised with the figure.

I'm getting sucked in deeper and deeper...... :D