Red Bud NE

[Mark Cothren]

Must be NE day...:)

Here's a piece of Red Bud collected from a neighbor's yard. The tree was broken down when a tree removal service had a huge Pine fall on it...:mad: The wood has some awful ringshake, so I did a little patch job with some epoxy and coffee grounds.

It ended up 9-1/4" at the tips and 6-1/2" at the valleys. It also stands a little over 4" at the tips.

Comments of all flavors are welcomed.

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[Jason Slutsky]

Excellent job overall! Great work on the patch. I like the foot a lot. Is that carved and burned?

[Mike Vickery]

Very nice. I really like what you did with the foot.

[George Van]

That's a beauty Mark! I to find the foot interesting. do you have a close-up of the foot?

[Keith Burns]

Perfect ! :) :) :)

[Bernie Weishapl]

Beautiful Mark. Form and finish look great. I like the coffee highlight. Nice job.

[Shane Whitlock]

Very nice! ... Love the form on this one! Great job on the patch work.

Happy Turning,
Shane Whitlock

[Steve Schlumpf]

Beautiful work Mark! Love the form on this one - perfectly balanced! Also love the colors and the detail work around the foot! Very, very nice!

[Mark Cothren]

Is that carved and burned?


I to find the foot interesting. do you have a close-up of the foot?

Jason/George... I don't have a close-up of the foot and I'm here at work right now. I do have a view of the bottom that I'll add. The foot is branded/burned - not carved.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/markfromark/RedBudNE03.jpg

Man, how goofy am I... didn't realize I had already added this pic earlier... sorry about that.

[Nancy Laird]

The wood has some awful ringshake, so I did a little patch job with some epoxy and coffee grounds.
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What on earth is "ringshake?" I've seen this term before, but I sure don't know what it means. Will someone please enlighten me?? I'm sure that one of these days I'll run into it, so I'd like to know what to look for.

Nancy

[George Van]

Thank Mark, that shows it well enough!

[Mark Cothren]

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What on earth is "ringshake?" I've seen this term before, but I sure don't know what it means. Will someone please enlighten me?? I'm sure that one of these days I'll run into it, so I'd like to know what to look for.

Nancy


When you see it you will know it...:D The wood separates between the growth rings. I'm not sure if wind causes this, or if it is just characteristic of certain flavors of wood. I've seen it in some Texas Mesquite that Ernie Nyvall found in the bottom of his pond...;) I've also seen it in the only two Black Gum trees that I've taken wood from.

[Ed Scolforo]

Mark, the NE is beautiful, as I always expect from you!

[Tom Sherman]

Great bowl Mark, that foot treatment looks like you sat your bowl on a Reese's Cup.

[Curt Fuller]

Beautiful bowl Mark! That detail on the foot really looks good. I think that's the first time I've seen Redbud turned. It's pretty nice looking wood.

[Reed Gray]

I have managed to get my hands on some red bud out here in Oregon a few times, and it always seems to have the ring shake in it. Love the greenish colors.
robo hippy

[Joseph Peacock]

WOW very nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D ;) :cool:

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Mark....exquisitely done! I especially like the burned foot treatement.



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What on earth is "ringshake?" I've seen this term before, but I sure don't know what it means. Will someone please enlighten me?? I'm sure that one of these days I'll run into it, so I'd like to know what to look for.

Nancy


Nancy....From what I've read or heard of ringshake ...it's the tendancy of a piece of wood to separate or split along its grain due to being stressed by wind or heavy snow/ice etc. You'll often see it referred to as ringshake or windshake....