Square Bowl

[Don Orr]

This is a piece some of you may have seen either on WC or WoW a while back but I thought the Creekers might find it interesting
It's about 4" square and made from Bolivian Rosewood. No finish, just buffed. If I can figure out how to put more than one photo in a post you should see 2 views and a 3rd "different " view. Recognize it Ken F. ?;)

[John Hart]

Very pretty piece Don....And a good scan too!!!:)

[Michael Stafford]

Nice work, Don. I avoid the 4-cornered whirling finger smashing blocks of death as often as I can. Glad to see someone do one so beautifully. That Bolivian rosewood (also known as Morado) is one nice dense piece of wood isn't it?:D

[Corey Hallagan]

Wow, that is wonderful, something we don't see everyday! Beautiful wood!

Corey

[Dennis Peacock]

Very nice work Don......I've tried a square platter before, but wound up with plenty of scraps, bruises and cut knuckles.

Very nice and way nice on the stand too.

[Keith Burns]

Very nice piece Don:) :)

[Bernie Weishapl]

Excellent piece Don. Looks good. Great work.

[Andy Hoyt]

Very nice, Don.

Always wanted to try one of those. And I will as soon as I find my old hockey gloves.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Very nice Don! Well done x-ray too!

[Ernie Nyvall]

Real nice Don. I like the form. Nice fnnish too.

Ernie

[Dave Fifield]

Excellent work Don....one day I will try to summon the courage to try something like this!

You have an x-ray machine in your 'shop?!! :eek:

[John Hart]

You have an x-ray machine in your 'shop?!! :eek:

What??!!:eek: You...You mean...You don't have one Dave?:eek: :D

[Dave Fifield]

Not yet.....but I'm going to add it to my wish-list!! :rolleyes: :D

[John Miliunas]

Way nice, Dave! I really love the shape of it and the wood is beautiful. Need to try one of those myself one 'o these days. :) :cool:

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Don....out of professional curiosity........that x-ray.....it's not an ap, it's not a pa......it's not a lateral.............would it be a TB? top to bottom?;) :rolleyes: :D

[Don Orr]

Thanks everybody for the nice comments. It's only abot 4" square so the whirling corners of destruction were not TOO scary. And yes this wood is hard and dense!

I thought everyone had an Xray machine in their shop to check for nails, bugs, voids, whatever. No?? Hmmmmm...

Actually, it's what I do for a living. Xray, CAT scan, MRI. Even did a CAT scan of a Maple burl once just to see if it would work. The detail was amazing! I'm still waiting to try MRI-wood needs to be very wet though-green, fresh cut might work. (Have to wait for a Saturday though).

[Bruce Shiverdecker]

Looks great to me, too.

Bruce

[Stephen Hibbs]

Is that done with just a square block, or is it more complicated than that? If not I might try that since I can only get boards in my woodshop class anyways.Very nice piece by the way, just using an octagonal piece for reverse turning I managed to cut myself up pretty good, did that piece manage to catch you?

[Mike Ramsey]

Beautiful work Don!

[Mark Cothren]

A very nice bowl, Don!

Thanks for the pictures - even the Superman vision shot...:D

[Keith Christopher]

VERY nice work. I love this bowl. My first response when seeing it was. WOW Cool.

[Don Orr]

Ken, you got it-TB ;)

Stephen, I did use just a single square block and I was fortunate not to get "bitten" by it. Lots of hand sanding with the lathe off.

[Dick Parr]

Really nice Don, that is a beautiful bowl you have there.;)