Cherry Center Piece

[Gary Max]

This came off the lathe yesterday-----Cherry Center Piece.
It's to darn big to sit on a shelf. The opening is 6 inchs and she is 14 inchs at the widest point and approx 11 tall.
No finish at this point just wiped down with oil.

[Harvey Ghesser]

Nice work and a beautiful piece of wood, Gary!

[Fred Belknap]

gary thats a lot of bowl, love cherry
did you turn it green?
i like it.

[cal thelen]

That looks great what kind of finish are you going to go with?

[Baxter Smith]

Impressive centerpiece Gary! You could put quite the bouguet of flowers in there!

[David E Keller]

That thing is huge! I love the color in that wood... It's gonna really pop with the final finish.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Nice size! Sure is some pretty wood! Looking forward to seeing it once finished - should really bring the wood to life!

[Gary Max]

gary thats a lot of bowl, love cherry
did you turn it green?
i like it.

Had to stop and spray the lathe bed down with WD-40 every 1/2 hour to keep it from rusting---this tree was cut last weekend

[Gary Max]

Right now I am shooting everything with a Satin Gloss polly. My goal is to turn at least three of these larger item every week.

[Michael James]

Spectacular piece....I want to see the finished product! Thanks for upping the pics.
mj

[Karl Card]

IMHO I do not think a turner could ever go wrong with cherry. There are certain stages that cherry goes thru though that I wished I could stop permanently. (stopping at a certain color changes) Pretty nice piece.

[Gary Max]

Karl at the end of the year my customers agree with you. I turn a bunch of Cherry.

[John Keeton]

Gary, my gosh, that is half a tree!! Beautiful wood, and that one would have a lot of uses.

[Jim Burr]

That thing is a monster Gary!! Sure is pretty.

[Gary Max]

Gary, my gosh, that is half a tree!! Beautiful wood, and that one would have a lot of uses.

It filled 3--- 30 gallon trash cans with shavings.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Gary the is a beauty and the wood is awesome. I can't wait to see the piece finished.

[Sean Hughto]

That looks GREAT! I like it with the oil. I'm sure it would be nice all shiny too, but this more natural look is really attractive.

I like big forms like this. It's funny, I see pics of turnings and imagine them this scale only to be surprised when I read that they thing is actually like 4" tall.

[Jon Nuckles]

That must have been one heckuva cherry tree. Very nice. I love cherry, but the cracking is killing me. Do you do anything special to help it dry safely?

[Donny Lawson]

Gary, that is an awesome piece. Cherry is great to turn and puts a nice smell in the shop. I just hope it doesn't crack on you since it was freshly cut. Is it hollowed down through the pith? It about has to be since its so big. Beautiful work.

[Gary Max]

Donny she is just about dry, I plan on shooting her this weekend.