Sassafras

[Scot Roberge]

So I've been feeling a bit guilty for a while - seeing as how I've learned so much from the SMC community and haven't posted anything but questions. So here' my first post of a piece of my work. It's a piece of sassafras I finished a few days ago. Cut down and roughed out 1/09, spent a year in bag and two more sitting on my workbench. It measures 5.5" in diameter and 3.1" tall. Laquer, wipe on poly and buffed. Comments and critique appreciated.
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[ray hampton]

outstanding work

[charlie knighton]

very nice, thanks for sharing

[Roger Chandler]

Nice looking work on that..........I wish you had shown the bottom and the inside a little more with a couple more pics.......just from what I see, I like the nice thin walls, and you did a good job with sanding.........no sanding marks from the pics or tool marks.

don't be shy about posting your work...........looks like you are doing well!

[Dennis Ford]

It looks very nice. A somewhat unusual shape that fits the wood well.

[Scott Lux]

Great looking piece.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Scot - glad to see you posting your work! Looks like some real pretty wood! Bet it smelled great while turning!

[Deane Allinson]

Really nice piece. I haven't turned Sassiafras but I gave useded it in flat work. It was kind of a bear. A little brittle and prone to tearing with a plane. Great jog on this nice piece nice finish too.
Deane

[James Combs]

It is always great to see something different and when it is such a great looking vessel so much the better.

[Scot Roberge]

Thanks to all for the encouraging words. I am to the point that my pieces are coming out a pretty consistent quality, but I realize I have a lot to learn about form. It's seems easy to recognize nice form, but so hard to create it!

Roger:
[I wish you had shown the bottom and the inside a little more with a couple more pics.......just from what I see, I like the nice thin walls . . .]
I'll try to include pictures of the bottoms in the future. The bottom on this one has a 5/16" ring around the perimeter that it sits on and about a 1/16" flat depression in the center. Wall and bottom thickness are 1/4". It warped so far out of round in drying that I was sweating having enough material to true it up.

Steve:
[Bet it smelled great while turning!]
Yeah, the shop smelled so good I just wanted to stay out there and enjoy.

[Baxter Smith]

Looking forward to seeing what else you have turned Scot. Someone gave me a couple pieces of the stuff last summer. The smell alone made it a pleasure to turn. The color is quite pretty as well though I have yet to finish any of my roughouts.