Pat Scott
05-22-2015, 11:41 AM
At last years Utah Symposium they were selling some of Dale Nish's roughed out blanks from his personal collection. I bought several pieces and had forgot all about this one until a few weeks before this years symposium. I had to dig out all of the bug holes as they were jam packed with sawdust, but I could only work on it for an hour or so each day because my hand got tired from gripping my probe tool. It took weeks to dig all the holes out, and I was thinking I wouldn't get done in time. I got them all, but now there was only a week left before the symposium and I still had to put a finish on it. I put 4 coats of Danish Oil on it allowing 2 days dry time between coats and called it good enough.
I put this in the Instant Gallery as my tribute to Dale. The plate is pretty much just as Dale had roughed it - the design and shape are his. The only turning that I did was to true it up a bit and remove some tool marks. I took very little wood off, and even at that I still uncovered more bug holes! To me this piece is about Dale, not about my woodturning. As soon as I put the first coat of oil on it, I had one of those duh moments when I thought I should have bleached it like Dale had done to some of his wormy pieces.
Many people have met Dale, but I'm one of a handful of people that was honored to have cake and ice cream at his house for his 80th birthday. I was taking a class at Craft Supplies a couple years ago when he invited the whole class to his house that night. What an honor. He gave everyone a signed copy of his Beneath the Bark book in addition to a personal tour of his turning collection. So I thank you Dale for the honor and the memories.
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I put this in the Instant Gallery as my tribute to Dale. The plate is pretty much just as Dale had roughed it - the design and shape are his. The only turning that I did was to true it up a bit and remove some tool marks. I took very little wood off, and even at that I still uncovered more bug holes! To me this piece is about Dale, not about my woodturning. As soon as I put the first coat of oil on it, I had one of those duh moments when I thought I should have bleached it like Dale had done to some of his wormy pieces.
Many people have met Dale, but I'm one of a handful of people that was honored to have cake and ice cream at his house for his 80th birthday. I was taking a class at Craft Supplies a couple years ago when he invited the whole class to his house that night. What an honor. He gave everyone a signed copy of his Beneath the Bark book in addition to a personal tour of his turning collection. So I thank you Dale for the honor and the memories.
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