"I Dunno" Wood Bowl

[Barry Stratton]

My rough outs are getting dry! Finished this little one tonight, WITHOUT breaking it on the "jamb" or friction chuck - did that twice last night..... About 3 1/2 wide, 2 1/2 tall, finished with lacquer, weighs in a 2 ounces. Not sure of the wood type as I bought quite a few at once. Its either live oak, sassafras, elm or ??? Anyone have any idea's? It did have a very pleasant odor when cutting.

Now I can really start having FUN!!!!!!

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[Michael Stafford]

Barry, sassafras has a very distinctive pleasant odor. I haven't turned enough of it to be able to look at your bowl and identify it by grain. The pore structure looks a lot like oak but oak does not usually have a pleasant odor. Maybe someone else can identify it for you.

Regardless, it is a nice little bowl. Glad to see you are getting them dried out and turning finished products.:D

[Raymond Overman]

Looks like Oak to me Barry. Nice job.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Very nice bowl Barry! You are progressing nicely! Excellent!

[John Timberlake]

Looks a lot like sassafras, but could be catalpa as well or one of many other species like hackberry, etc.. Too hard to tell from pictures.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Barry that is a fine job. Form and finish are excellent. Nice work.

[Keith Burns]

Barry, I don't care what it is, it looks good:) Nice form and finish and I like the details:) :)

[Corey Hallagan]

Awesome Barry, it looks great. Glad it turned out good for you.

Corey