David DeCristoforo
07-25-2012, 2:15 PM
Yesterday when Phil stopped by with the chuck adaptor, he brought a couple of other items along as well.
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From left to right, carob, juniper and oak. The one in the front is the one I'm most excited about. It's an olive trunk section. All of the pieces have some checking but I think I can get some decent blanks out of them. The olive log only has a few small checks so I'm very hopeful about that one. Phil showed me a mushroom he made from a piece of the olive and it's very nice looking wood. It was a very nice looking mushroom as well. He posted a pic of it here (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?188819-Funky-Olive-Shroom&p=1951536&highlight=#post1951536). I was not able to get away to go the the NorCal Woodturner's meeting with Phil but we had a nice chat and it's very cool to actually talk to a "real person" now and then!
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From left to right, carob, juniper and oak. The one in the front is the one I'm most excited about. It's an olive trunk section. All of the pieces have some checking but I think I can get some decent blanks out of them. The olive log only has a few small checks so I'm very hopeful about that one. Phil showed me a mushroom he made from a piece of the olive and it's very nice looking wood. It was a very nice looking mushroom as well. He posted a pic of it here (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?188819-Funky-Olive-Shroom&p=1951536&highlight=#post1951536). I was not able to get away to go the the NorCal Woodturner's meeting with Phil but we had a nice chat and it's very cool to actually talk to a "real person" now and then!