Maple Burl

[Dave Schweitzer]

This is a Maple Burl I turned last week, was a nice one no bark inclusions. The largest bowl
is 22" x 19". They are allfinished as of yesterday.
Dave.

[Art Manansala]

Very nice. How did you core it?

Thanks,

Art

[bob svoboda]

WOW. Great coring job on some really nice wood. Which system did you use?

[Jim Burr]

Holy cow!!! Beautiful Dave...and keeping your knuckles is a bonus. Really....amazing job!

[Jon Nuckles]

That is some nice and very efficient use of some special wood.

[charlie knighton]

very nice.....

[Steve Schlumpf]

Beautiful bowl set! That really is some amazing wood!

[alex carey]

wow nice set. Can we get some info on your lathe. Looks like mustard plus your own headstock.

[Baxter Smith]

Great burl and set. Looks like you must have modified your lathe for more swing. Interesting!

[John Keeton]

Dave, those are some really beautiful bowls!! That burl is/was huge - and nearly perfectly round for bowls. Neat pics - thanks for posting!

[Jeff Nicol]

Dave, I am with everyone on this and also with Alex on the lathe questions. It looks very interesting at what you have put together there with the indexing wheel etc.

Great job and let us know your secrets,

Jeff

[Dave Schweitzer]

Thanks All,
I cored them out with a One Way coring system.My lathe is knowen in these parts as a Dave's Way Lathe. The steel box that the bearings are mounted on is full of sand. I had built my own ways and then I came across the ways and tail stock that I have mounted on the box now. It had been tipped over and the head stock was broken off. I put together the controler, it is 3HP variable speed mortor. 2 speeds on the pullys. The indexing wheel and spindle lock is a chain srocket with a 1/4" dia. rod welded to it, works great. I don't know what it weights but it is heavy. I wanted to build a work horses lathe to turn some of the big timber we have in the Northwest.
Dave.

[Tim Thiebaut]

That is an amazing looking piece of wood! Great looking bowls you made from that.

[David E Keller]

WOW! That's a fantastic looking chunk of wood and a great looking bowl set.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Those are some beautiful nested bowls. Great set.

[Rich Aldrich]

Really nice looking wood and nice bowls. It is really cool that you build your own head stock for your lathe.

[Mark Hubl]

That is a beautiful burl set. Great job coring and turning.

[Rob Cunningham]

That's a beautiful set of bowls from some stunning wood. Well done.

[Ralph Lindberg]

Dave's lathe is an ah, interesting monster, and I mean that is the nicest way.

One of the (many) idea's I have stolen from Dave is surrounding the lathe with roll-up Roman blinds, hung from the ceiling. You simply drop the blinds down, and contain the chips to the area around the lathe

Really helps cleanup

[Cathy Schaewe]

These are absolutely gorgeous pieces. I hope to be able to produce something like that (when I come across a burl that will justify it) with my coring system. I'm really impressed.