Wow! What a Turn!

[Christopher K. Hartley]

Compliments of Joe Melton:) ...he sent me a blank of dyed Aspen from Colorado. I really wanted this one to turn out good and I believe it did. 7 3/4" X 3 1/4" Sanded to 600, 0000 steel wooled and BLO with three coats of Deft steel wooled and rubbed with fine Scotch Brite pad after each coat and then waxed. NOTE: also used my new Donut Chuck

[Lee DeRaud]

Neat stuff, isn't it? The piece I had smelled like peppermint while I was turning it...does it always do that?

Nice bowl, BTW. :D

[Ernie Nyvall]

Oh yea, that came out nice Chris. IMHO the best one to date that I've seen. Very nice finish.

Ernie

[Christopher K. Hartley]

Neat stuff, isn't it? The piece I had smelled like peppermint while I was turning it...does it always do that?

Nice bowl, BTW. :D

Very slight mint smell when turning the bark off, but none after that. This color is also more of a blue green. Is the Dyed part natural or enhanced by some process?

[Corey Hallagan]

Excellent work Chris! That is a beauty.

Corey

[Christopher K. Hartley]

Oh yea, that came out nice Chris. IMHO the best one to date that I've seen. Very nice finish.

ErnieThanks Ernie. This stuff was so light and dry I don't know how Joe does it but It was wonderful to work with. He told me sanding was a bit of a challenge but I found it not near as bad as some of my oak.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Chris that bowl is a beauty. I like the wood and finish. Great job.

[Cecil Arnold]

Great job Chris, and I really like that finish.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

That is a knockout Chris! So......did you make your own compression / donut chuck?

[Barry Stratton]

Oh Chris, that is AWESOME!!! Great shape, great finish, great bowl. Well done!

[Terry Quiram]

Chris

Good pictures to show off the interesting colors. Nice bowl.

Terry

[George Conklin]

Chris

Good pictures to show off the interesting colors. Nice bowl.

Terry

Exactly! Nice job, Chris

[Keith Burns]

Very nice bowl Chris. Nice form and details.:) :) I've turned 4 blanks I got from Joe. Vedry interesting wood to work with for sure.

[Dick Parr]

Great job Chris, the bowl looks really cool.

[Don Baer]

All I can say Chris is WOW.

[Henry C. Gernhardt, III]

Chris, that's a great looking bowl. As for the smell---I have found oak to have a very particular, and rather strong smell. I would imagine, with you being the "oak master", that this scent was quite mild. :)

[Tom Sherman]

Chris I think you nailed that one it looks great form and finish, the wood is just breathtaking.

[Stu Ablett in Tokyo Japan]

Sweet, what all others said "Ditto" :D

[Joe Melton]

Nice Job, Chris. Glad you did so well. You can send it back now.
Joe

[Glenn Hodges]

You took an unusal piece of wood and applied your talent to it and produced a strickingly glamourous work. Thanks for the post.

[Mark Cothren]

Nice bowl from some interesting wood!