14" Dyed Maple Crotch

[Bob Bergstrom]

I turned quite a bit of maple in April. This is a nice crotch(14" x 4" deep). I beaded the top with a 3/8" spindle gouge before turning the inside. I mixed a little alcohol dye with lacquer and used a detail spray gun to put down a even coat of dye stain. Multiple layers of clear lacquer.
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[Dennis Ford]

It looks great! You did a very good job with that detail gun, the color is consistant. I like the beads that you cut also.

[charlie knighton]

very nice, you nailed the orientation

[Darren Jamieson]

Great looking peice, the crotch is very nicely centered and with the color the grain looks fantastic.

[John Keeton]

Fantastic piece of wood, Bob!! Great color and form, too. Personally, I prefer your footed bowls, but Keller will like this one!;):D

[Donny Lawson]

Great looking and nice size bowl. I see you did not sign the piece.

[George Guadiane]

That is a beautiful piece of wood, elegantly turned!

[Jim Burr]

That's a beautiful work Bob! Very well done all around.

[Prashun Patel]

Great, elegant form. I really like the lift and return. It's wide without being chunky.

[Dan Forman]

Foot or no foot, you are turning out some very nice bowls. The dye job looks great.

Dan

[Bob Bergstrom]

I choose no foot on this one for some existing factors. First, because of the bark facing the top of the bowl I was trying to get as much width and depth as I could. The feather in maple sometimes can be pretty shallow, so I used as much of the bottom as I could. Also to show as much of the feather on the bottom with as little interruption as possible, I choose no foot. A third reason is that the amount of wood at the bottom allowed me to remove the small tenon that was present. Sometimes when I don't get it right, it necessitates having a foot because it would become a funnel if I tried to remove the foot. This bowl is about an eighth of an inch in the recess at the bottom

[Chip Sutherland]

Wonderful feather from the crotch.

[Scott Hackler]

Really nice bowl. The feathering looks great and it couldnt have been centered any better. YOu did a great job on the finishing.

[jwjerry w kowalski]

Great looking bowl, the crotch is an eye catcher and I really like your finish.

[Jeff Nicol]

I like the color too, and the feather in the middle is great! This bowl will look great on a table filled with apples or anything, it should hold plenty of suff!

Jeff

[Roger Chandler]

Top notch for sure! Great figure and nicely done form!

[David E Keller]

Wow, talk about making the most of a crotch piece! That's a great looking bowl.

[Baxter Smith]

Nice way of showing off the wood. Well done!

[Steve Schlumpf]

Beautiful bowl Bob! Is going to make for a wonderful centerpiece!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Bob that is really nice. The feathering is great, form and the finish are really great.

[Harry Robinette]

Really nice bowl and the dye job is just outstanding.Great bowl.

[David Reed]

Bob, your layout and finish really show off this wonderful piece of crotch. Very elegant form and, as usual, expertly executed. Also like what you did with the dye job.

[John Hart]

Yup...what a beauty. Deserving of a stand, mounted vertical for all the world to see.

[Joe Meirhaeghe]

Ditto to what Scott said. 1/8" bottom could be a little fragile on a bowl that size though.


Really nice bowl. The feathering looks great and it couldnt have been centered any better. YOu did a great job on the finishing.

[Tim Rinehart]

That's a beauty of a bowl, super job on dyeing. Suits the piece well and the crotch really pops on this. Well done.

[Cathy Schaewe]

Such a pretty piece of wood, and you did a great job with it -

[Rob Cunningham]

A very beautiful bowl. Great figure through the center and a nice dye/finish