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Jeff Horton
03-04-2006, 10:00 PM
Best I can figure I started this bowl roughly 14 years ago. Sold the house and lost my space to work. It has moved with the lathe at least 2 times now. :)

I always liked the shape and despite a crack that developed I just wouldn't toss it. This morning I fiddeling around still waiting on the chuck adator from OneWay to get here. I got the bearing replaced in the bowl lathe and I decided to it was time to finish it.

Spalted hackberry. 6" by 3" with just a coat of BLO on it. I love the shape of this bowl but I still have to work on my sanding. I just don't seem to be able to get them as good as I would like. But that is probably my turning technique more than my sanding.
Jim Ketron
03-04-2006, 10:09 PM
Nice bowl and story!
Great Job!
Paul Douglass
03-04-2006, 10:11 PM
Beautiful bowl, worth the wait!
Keith Burns
03-04-2006, 10:13 PM
Way to go Jeff. Great bowl !!:) And some people think segmented work takes time.:D
Jeff Horton
03-04-2006, 10:19 PM
And some people think segmented work takes time.:D

:D:D ROFLOL
Mark Cothren
03-04-2006, 10:46 PM
Nice bowl, Jeff! Love that spalted Hackberry!

Thanks for the pictures!
Bernie Weishapl
03-04-2006, 10:52 PM
Nice bowl Jeff. Nice story. Looks beautiful.
Bill Stevener
03-04-2006, 10:54 PM
Patience is virtue, or however you say it. Looks like it payed off.

Nice bowl you have there.

Bill.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>:)
Andy Hoyt
03-04-2006, 11:53 PM
Fine Hackberry wine takes time. So should the bowl.
Bruce Shiverdecker
03-04-2006, 11:58 PM
Well worth the wait, Jeff.

Cracks are "Character"!

Bruce
doug webb
03-05-2006, 12:55 AM
I can see why you never threw it away. Wonderful, Jeff.
Corey Hallagan
03-05-2006, 1:10 AM
Excellent, great story and piece! Thanks for sharing.

corey
John Hart
03-05-2006, 7:29 AM
Cool!!!! Story and the bowl. Love that spalting. Nice Jeff!:)
Dennis Peacock
03-05-2006, 7:34 AM
Nice Bowl Jeff....I really like Hackberry.

BTW, You in the Heart of Dixie? I used to live in Alabama.....;)
Dave Wimmer
03-05-2006, 7:39 AM
Really nice bowl. Shoulda been dry by now!
Tyler Howell
03-05-2006, 8:33 AM
Was Worth waite.
Ernie Nyvall
03-05-2006, 8:58 AM
Fine Hackberry wine takes time. So should the bowl.

I wonder if anyone has tried that. The berries are actually kind of good though a bit dry.;)

Good story Jeff and a nice bowl.

Ernie
Jeff Horton
03-05-2006, 9:51 AM
BTW, You in the Heart of Dixie? I used to live in Alabama.....;)

Most people don't get that. ;) Did you live near the Tennesse River? Did you know a fellow named Ken Garret?
John Hart
03-05-2006, 10:55 AM
Our license plates say "The Heart of it All". I don't know where they get that...Not much here.:rolleyes:
Chris Barton
03-05-2006, 10:56 AM
The bowl looks like a winner and was made on the same time frame as my home improvement projects.
David Fried
03-05-2006, 12:04 PM
The bowl looks like a winner and was made on the same time frame as my home improvement projects.

How true! Often sweet when you get back to those long neglected projects and actually finish them. In this case, well worth the wait. The bowl looks great and the wood is wonderful. Great job. Try to get the next one done in ten years or less!!

Dave Fried
Curt Fuller
03-05-2006, 12:15 PM
Nice looking bowl. 14 years, that's bordering on petrified!