Walnut Burl Monster---Finished

[Gary Max]

Here's the finished turning---this is the whole walnut burl I turned last week. Thought you folks might enjoy seeing her finished.

[Joe Watson]

wow, definitely Golden on more then one level :)
The finish came out great.

[Steve Busey]

Well done, Gary - I'm sure that puppy must have beat you up good when you started in on it! Looks great!

[Paul Heely]

That's a great looking piece of wood. Nice job on the form and finish. Well done.

[Gary Max]

Thanks----my turning style is different. I have never planned a design, I just remove the unwanted wood and let Mother Nature take care of the rest.

[Joe Watson]

Aside from the gloss, is there any other kind of finish, oil, anything ?

[Gary Max]

I use a "Home brew" danish oil on just about everything. It's applied on the lathe----- inside and out so the wood is soaked.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Gary that is a beauty. Wood is beautiful.

[John Keeton]

Gary, nice work. Most of your stuff is on the large side - what are the dimensions on this one? Also, a profile shot would be good - this one looks to have a very nice form to it.

[Gary Max]

John, I sell most of my work at shows--- you need to stand out and get people into the booth.
We just changed our display----I will bring my camera with us this weekend and try to get a couple of shots of the display.

[Baxter Smith]

Quite the beast Gary! A real attention grabber for sure! Wanted to ask this in your other thread but never got around to it. What size was the facplate you started with? It looked rather dwarfed. I have a couple of 4 inch oneways and have contemplated getting something bigger or somehow bolting a larger plate to one of them when attempting something in the 25-30 range.

[Gary Max]

I use the faceplate that came with the lathe----3 1/2 cast iron. The big trick----Buy real good screws.
Herer's the last pic ----------

Thanks

[Harry Robinette]

Gary
Really nice piece, I really like the wood and the form looks pretty neat too.I'm with John K. would like to see a profile picture also.

[Scott Hackler]

Wow Gary, thats a whopper! Nice work and beautiful wood!