Little brother elm burl

[Bill Grumbine]

Greetings all

A couple of weeks ago I posted a picture of a spalted elm burl bowl. Last week I turned the core. I was only able to get two bowls out of the entire chunk because of the spalting, but still it was well worth it. If the wood had been in better shape, I would have been able to do at least three.

<img src="http://www.enter.net/~ultradad/spaltedelmcore01.jpg">

This little guy is 7" in diameter and 5" high, and about 3/16" thick. It is finished with Bush Oil and buffed on the outside with a Beall wheel, and hand rubbed with steel wool and Butcher's Wax on the inside.


<img src="http://www.enter.net/~ultradad/spaltedelmburlvase01.jpg">

Here is a rerun of the main bowl if anyone is interested in doing a side by side comparison. It is 10" high and 10" in diameter and about the same thickness as the smaller one. This one is finished with Watco and buffed the same way as the small one.

Thanks for taking a look.

Bill

[Roy Wall]

Bill,

Absolutely Fantastic!!!!!!!

[Kurt Aebi]

Wow! What's great is that you get more than 1 of these beauties out of a single burl! Fantastic Job, Bill - Fantastic!

[Glenn Hodges]

Another beauty Bill.

[Mark Singer]

Just beautiful!!!!

[Karl Laustrup]

It is a pleasure to feast ones eyes on such beauty.

Thanks Bill.

Karl

[Tyler Howell]

Bravo, Bravo. Oscar, Oscar:cool:

[Michael Stafford]

Thanks to John Miliunas' help I can now see Bill's work on SMC and it is just as beautiful on here as it is on other web sites. For some reason I was unable to see his pics and only his pics on SMC. John helped me work through that so that I can enjoy Bill's fine turnings. It was worth the effort. Bill they are very nice.

[Keith Burns]

Can't add much to whats already been said. Great piece.

[Bruce Shiverdecker]

I just get over the last one and here you go again...................Blinding ME!

Beautiful, too.

Bruce

[Bill Grumbine]

Thanks guys, and John, I am glad to hear that someone has the knowledge to help the rest of us out. I would have had no idea why they weren't showing up for Mike.

Bill

[Ernie Nyvall]

Another beaut Bill. Elm has some really nice grain pattern that I didn't expect on a small piece I found. I like the littlw squiggle lines in it.

Ernie

[Dennis Peacock]

Awesome Bill.....just perfect in my book.:D

[Mark Cothren]

Very nice, Bill! I really enjoy seeing your work. Thanks for the picture!