Burned and textured Hackberry HF

[Travis Stinson]

Hackberry hollow form, 13" diameter by 8 1/2" tall. Played around with my branding pen I made, that was fun:cool: .Turned this Hackberry twice after it's alky bath and still had some cracks show up:( . OK, what now? Remounted it on a jam chuck and went after it with my texturing tool and wire wheel, that took care of the cracks. Finished with a coat of gel poly.
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[Don Baer]

Travis,
I have a hard enough time just getting something round and hollow and you do something like this.

All I can say is another awsome piece.

[Gary Max]

Travis the part I really---REALLY like
Ain't no one else got one.
Get Job

[Corey Hallagan]

Wow! That is just way kewl Travis! Keep up the good work. Amazing.

Corey

[Chris Barton]

I Like It!

[Bill Stevener]

Travis that is quite unique.
Just wait till that new girl Valerie sees it. She's gonna freak out and think you crocheted it on.

The approach you took with the wire brush to the cracks is similar to how one attacks cracks that propagate in welds, called penning.

Nice work,

Bill.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>:)

[Andy Hoyt]

The lengths to which people go to abuse perfectly good firewood never ceases to amaze me.

This is a TRAVISTY!

[David Fried]

At first I thought the title said "Burned and Tortured Hackberry HF"! Of course, I had to see the picture. Wow!! That's really cool!

Dave Fried

[Bernie Weishapl]

Travis that is awesome. Really nice work. Wow!

[Keith Burns]

What can I say Travis except I SEE A CRACK SO IT'S NOT PERFECT ! HA !:D Man you have so much talent ! This is another winner:) :) :)

[Jim Dunn]

How many times did you burn your fingers?? A quality piece of workmanship. Really craftman's quality and artistry

[Jim Ketron]

Very Nice Job My Friend!
Beautiful work as always!

[Mark Cothren]

This is a TRAVISTY!

A classic, Andy...

Travis, great job on a unique turning! I like it all.

Thanks for the pictures!

[Jim Becker]

Excellent, Travis! And that Hoyt fellow is up to his creative pun tricks again, I see...

[Dick Parr]

Great job Travis, looks wonderful.

[Mike Ramsey]

Bravo Travis!! Very nice! How long to do all those rings?

[Travis Stinson]

Mike, it took a couple hours. Gave my DC a good workout with all the smoke!:o

[Paul Douglass]

A-B-S-O-L-U-T-L-Y beautiful!

[John Hart]

An astounding piece Travis! The care and attention to detail is readily apparent. You certainly love your craft!

[Michael Stafford]

A really wonderful piece of work, Travis. I like the burning but I think I am more intrigued by the texturing on the lower part. In the picture it resembles orange peel. Is that what it looks and feels like in person? Regardless, a very nice piece!!!:D

[Glenn Hodges]

Travis, this shows how your creative ability can produce such a beautiful piece. Thanks for sharring it with us.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Travis...........just fantastic! What should have been a recovery became a beautiful piece of art! Just fantastic!

[Rich Stewart]

Dang! How long did THAT take? Really cool looking piece.

[Travis Stinson]

Thanks everyone. Mike, the texturing looks and feels like something between an orange and a coconut.