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Thomas Bennett
03-23-2008, 8:22 PM
Is it a platter? Or a bowl? How about an object of art? You decide! This is my last Ambrosia piece for a while. It's big by my standards. The blank was about 19 x 2. As I stated in previous posts, I love this wood. It turns, sands and finishes well. I turned it thin, about 3/16 to 1/4 inch. I sand it to 2000 grt. It's finished with 4 coats of poly sprayed with my new "touch-up" gun. The more I finish it, the more the grain jumps out. I'm going to let it sit for a month or so and give it a buff/wax job. In the last photo I am ready to turn the foot. Thanks to Tom Steyer for the EXCELLENT rotary adapter. The photos, although I'm trying to improve, are a disgrace to the art of photography. I hope you get the idea.
Maylon Harvey
03-23-2008, 8:49 PM
That is one beautiful piece of wood and you did it justice.
Nathan Hawkes
03-23-2008, 9:08 PM
That is really artwork. The pics aren't that bad, either. I need to find some ambrosia maple to work with myself.

:cool:
Toney Robertson
03-23-2008, 10:04 PM
Really nice wood and form.

If you think those pictures are bad then you have not seen mine. You are a master photographer compared to me. :D

Toney
Jim Ketron
03-23-2008, 10:04 PM
Beautiful Piece Thomas!
Jim Becker
03-23-2008, 10:20 PM
Yes, beautiful piece!
Ken Fitzgerald
03-23-2008, 10:29 PM
Thomas.....gorgeous wood....great form and finish! Well done sir!
Steve Schlumpf
03-23-2008, 10:47 PM
Thomas - beautiful work! Amazing grain - love the curl! The form really displays the grain! Seriously nice work!
Bernie Weishapl
03-23-2008, 10:52 PM
That is a beauty Thomas. Really pretty wood.
Tom Sherman
03-24-2008, 8:40 AM
Cool wood Tom, your form shows it off more.
Jack Mincey
03-24-2008, 9:31 AM
Very Pretty wood and form.
Jack
Dennis Peacock
03-24-2008, 9:57 AM
Totally awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :cool: :cool: :cool:
Norm Zax
03-24-2008, 10:16 AM
very very nice. How is it held on the lathe (on the right pic?)
Adam Howard
03-24-2008, 10:16 AM
Really nice piece! Good work!
Joseph Peacock
03-24-2008, 4:59 PM
Cool!!!! That is an awsom platter!!!:cool:
Ben Gastfriend
03-24-2008, 5:56 PM
Beautiful platter! You have to love ambrosia maple- it's one of my favorite woods to work with. Some nice contrast there. And the photos look good to me!
Thomas Bennett
03-24-2008, 6:37 PM
Norm Zax asks:"]...... How is it held on the lathe (on the right pic)
?"
I have a vacuum chuck. Some of the holes go go completely through. I place a piece of masking tape over the hole to get the vacuum.

Thanks to everyone for the comments. TB
mike fuson
03-24-2008, 10:28 PM
Very nice wood, and nice job on the turning.