Sweet Gum

[Mark Cothren]

Small hollow form from some spalted Sweet Gum. It ended up 5" tall and 7" wide. Buffed antique oil for the finish.

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[Nancy Laird]

Mark, that is one "sweet" piece!!

Nancy (138 days)

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Mark.....that's a beaut! Nicely done!

[Jon Lanier]

"How sweet it is!"
-Ralphie Boy

[Bernie Weishapl]

Mark that is a beauty. I really like the form and finish on this one.

[Bob Hallowell]

Mark,
awesome peice! beautiful wood and form.

Bob

[Mike A. Smith]

Another beauty Mark. How is the sweet gum for turning? Folks with managed timber land down here consider it a nuisance wood, so I could probably get my hands on a bit.

[TYLER WOOD]

Hmmmm I got a bowl that looks like that kinda wood!:p

Nice stuff, good looking piece.

[Mark Cothren]

Hmmmm I got a bowl that looks like that kinda wood!:p


Did I miss some pics??? :)

[Patrick Taylor]

Sweet is right! Great work. I love the shape.

[TYLER WOOD]

Well as usual I have not taken pics of some stuff. I have collected them back from friends and family, but WORK has gotten in the way. I figured I was going to post about 7 pieces all ni one day and innundate you guys with my poor turning ability. You know make the suffing at one time instead of dragging it out over the past 2 months!

I promise I have atleast 5 pieces that I wil post on wednesday, just keep looking for them.

[Jim Becker]

How sweet (gum) it is!! :D Very nice, Mark...

[Steve Schlumpf]

Beautiful work Mark! Love the grain pattern in the first photo! Very nice form and finish! Looking forward to your next one!

[Keith Burns]

Great piece Mark, great orientation, form and finish !!

[Tom Sherman]

Very nice piece Mark,

[Dale Stagg]

Sweetgum is great. Turns great and have beautiful granes and colors. Project looks great.

[Dennis Peacock]

Another beauty Mark. How is the sweet gum for turning? Folks with managed timber land down here consider it a nuisance wood, so I could probably get my hands on a bit.

Mike,

Get you a good bit of this wood. It turns great, finishes great. Turn a piece or two with it freshly cut....let some of the rest of the logs sit around and "spalt" for a while....then you will really like what you see.

Mark C......Beautiful piece and I love the colors in that wood. Awesome form and finish their my friend. :cool:

[Mark Cothren]

Another beauty Mark. How is the sweet gum for turning? Folks with managed timber land down here consider it a nuisance wood, so I could probably get my hands on a bit.

Sweet Gum turns very nice when green and when dry. You can get a good, clean cut with a sharp gouge. It takes little effort to get it sanded from start to finish.

We have an abundant supply of Sweet Gum around here. They get planted a lot around homes/businesses because they are quick growers and pretty tough. But most folks end up hating them after the gumballs start terrorizing their bare feet...:D...and littering their yards. They end up getting cut down.

That's where this one came from - I caught the neighbors cutting it down out of their yard one day and I picked up several big, nice chunks of it. This hollow form is going to them as a "thanks" for the wood.

It does spalt in a hurry, so if you want it to stay the light color that it is "on the hoof" then you better turn it in a hurry.

[Gary Herrmann]

Very nice form and wood, Mark.

I cut down 3 big sweetgums 6 or 7 years ago. Too bad I wasn't turning back then.