NE Walnut

[Ernie Nyvall]

This is from the crotch of the tree. It's 7" x 13". I really messed up when I cut the blank. I wasn't thinking and had one side way to tall... it was top heavy with a small foot, so I had to remove the foot and leave the bottom a little thicker than usual, but at least it wont tip over now.:o Of course any critiques welcome.

Ernie

[Bernie Weishapl]

Hey Ernie looks mighty good to me. Great bowl.

[Jim Dunn]

I see mountains in the bottom of the bowl. Real pretty NE piece!

[Gary Max]

I liked the Cedar one better-----LOL.
Both look great.

[Bill Stevener]

Quite a nice bowl Ernie, some outstanding features are reflected. I see the mountains as well, I also see the dreaded vortex beginning to form at just about 3 o'clock.

Your doin that Walnut up mighty proud.

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

[Andy Hoyt]

Looks pretty good from up here, Ernie. Well done!

[Corey Hallagan]

WOW, I love walnut and that is a beauty. Nice work!

Corey

[Cecil Arnold]

Looking at that makes me feel like I could fall into it. Nice.

[Curt Fuller]

That's a beauty, Ernie!

[Barry Stratton]

I'm a sucker for anything walnut but that bowl, sir, is flat out awesome!

And that looks like the Alaska Range on the bottom, so feel free to send it up here to me and I'll get it on my mantl...er, into the museum!

[Mark Cothren]

Nice figure in that wood! Looks really good to me!

Thanks for the pictures!

[John Hart]

Wow!!! Now that's some WOOD! awesome work Ernie. You really did that walnut proud. Man...I can't over that figure and finish. :)

[Michael Stafford]

Beautiful work, Ernie! I have one complaint though, the pictures are too small. Make your pictures larger so we can see all the glorious beauty without our glasses. I not talking about the thumbnails but the pictures need to be bigger, man. When you got something that pretty make it big enough to crow about....:p ;) :D :D :D

[Glenn Clabo]

Nice Ernie...As I went out to get the paper this morning I looked at the black walnut tree in my front yard and just smiled. Those dang walnuts are a real pain every other year ya know.

[Glenn Hodges]

From what I can tell they look great, but I wish you could post larger pictures so I could see the figure in the bowls better.

[Chris Barton]

It sure looks good to me!

[Ernie Nyvall]

Bigger pics. I am having a bit of trouble determining the size of the picture. In this case I resized to 600 X 397 and it came out to 103 KB, but on other pics, that size is way to big to post.:confused:

Ernie

[Jim Dunn]

Ernie your killing me with the pics of those bowls. I'm eyeing the neighbors walnut tree. Hope he don't see me with a plumbob trying to figure how to fell it.

[Michael Stafford]

Now you're cooking with gas!!!! Now I can see the curl in the bowl that I thought I saw through these old myopic eyes.:p :o Even more beautiful, Ernie.

Ernie try this program. With it you can go ahead and take your pictures in high resolution and still shrink them down to viewable size. Here is the web address for Pixresizer.

http://bluefive.pair.com/pixresizer.htm

[Keith Burns]

Wonderful NE Ernie.:) :)

[Jim Ketron]

Nice feather in that crotch piece!
Great looking Bowl Ernie!

[George Conklin]

Ernie your killing me with the pics of those bowls. I'm eyeing the neighbors walnut tree. Hope he don't see me with a plumbob trying to figure how to fell it.

ROFL:D

That piece is very nice, Ernie. What did you finish it with?

George

[Ernie Nyvall]

ROFL:D

That piece is very nice, Ernie. What did you finish it with?

George


Sanded to 400, raised the grain, then 600, 5 coats spray lacquer, buffed.

Thanks everyone for the kind words.

Ernie

[Travis Stinson]

Super NE Ernie. I love the figuring in that Walnut.:cool:

[Mike Ramsey]

Yes it is a great looking NE indeed! Gonna get some Walnut
one of these days and try it myself, Never turned any.

[Dick Parr]

Very nice NE Ernie..:)

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Stunning Ernie! Absolutely stunning finish, form......everything about it!

[Mike Forsman]

Ernie, very nice bowl. I really like it.

[Paul Douglass]

Very beautiful, for sure. I like the bowls with the bark left around the rim. What keeps it from eventually peeling, flaking or falling off? The finish?

I really love that bowl!

[Ernie Nyvall]

Yes it is a great looking NE indeed! Gonna get some Walnut
one of these days and try it myself, Never turned any.

Mike, I have some extra walnut that I can bring down when those eucalyptus are cut. It'd be nice if they were going to push those over so you could get the root ball.

Paul, I fill the area where the bark attaches with CA glue per Glenn Hodges instruction in a different thread. I couldn't tell you whether or not it will eventually separate, but I guess I'll find out with this one because it will stay here.

Thanks again everyone.

Ernie