Hickory Burl Platter

[Dale Bright]

I have not posted a pic in quite some time but I have been reading the forum everyday. Since Thanksgivving, I have had 2 surgeries for a brain tumor and I will be having 2 months of Proton Beam Radiation Therapy starting in 2 weeks. The prognosis is excellent and the doctors expect a complete recovery. I have been able to do some turning and I have been taking some pics. I will try to get back into a more active roll in the Creek.

This tray is from a piece of Hickory Burl a friend gave me, last spring. It had a lot of inclusions and a lot of rot. I intended to rough turn it and return it to the lathe after drying. When I took it out of the chuck and started cleaning
the dust and some rot out, the tenon area simply fell apart. I decided to put into a large paper bag for drying for a few months.

This piece moved and warped a lot, as wet Hickory does, but I manged to jam chuck it for a little bottom clean up and then a lot of sanding, off the lathe. The finish is just Walnut Oil. Size: 13" X 10" X 3"

Comments and critique are most welcome and thanks for looking.

Dale

[Steve Schlumpf]

Interesting piece! Lots of character, color, voids and I think this is the first time I have ever seen where you can use the pedestal as a bowl! Cool!!

[Baxter Smith]

That is a one of a kind piece if I have ever seen one! Best wishes on a complete recovery!

[Roger Chandler]

Wishing you well on a full recovery, Dale........glad you could do this piece......very unique wood!

[Kathy Marshall]

Neat piece Dale! Nice job making it "reversable"! Good to hear your surgeries were a success and best wishes on a full and quick recovery!

[Jim Burr]

Ha!!! I love the idea Dale! That took some planning and it sure came out well! Keep your head up and all hope is with you!

[John Keeton]

Dale, you are one blessed individual! Glad the surgeries were successful, and even more so that your prognosis is positive. I hope your experience has strengthened your faith.

Excellent work on this piece - particularly after the challenging situation with the tenon. Sounds like it turned into a lot of work with the sanding. I have not had the opportunity to turn a hickory burl, but I bet after that thing was dry it was tough as nails!

[Dale Bright]

Many thanks to all for the well wishes and the kind comments on the burl platter/ tray thing. I just remembered that I posted a some pics of the burl when first on the lathe, last spring. In the link below there are several progress pics of this piece.

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?164291-This-Is-Going-to-be-EXCITING&highlight

Dale

[Tim Rinehart]

Very nice piece Dale, got some great character in that one. Hope to see more of your work and truly best wishes for a speedy and complete recovery.

[Josh Bowman]

Nice idea, like the holes in the wood.