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    03-22-2024, 10:28 PM
    Nice work with a very appealing piece of wood. Not much evidence of the checking that so often occurs with Mallee burl. Thanks for sharing. ...
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    03-17-2024, 11:24 AM
    I was given a section of a large Russian olive when visiting a friend in Laramie, WY. I made a cross grain box for him, shown below, about 7" in...
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    03-15-2024, 5:26 PM
    Dave Mount replied to a thread Time & Tung Oil in Turner's Forum
    Very striking. Thanks for posting.
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    03-15-2024, 5:22 PM
    This horse is well past dead but. . . It is possible to turn things from roundwood if you do something to allow the piece to shrink with less...
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    03-15-2024, 4:47 PM
    Here's another example of the tangential v radial issue. This is a cookie of oak that was cut green and a single bandsaw cut was made from bark to...
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    03-15-2024, 4:36 PM
    If we assume for the moment that the 17-19% is close to where the piece started, then there is considerable shrinkage yet to happen, and if it was...
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    03-14-2024, 4:45 PM
    Dave Mount replied to a thread Recent work in Turner's Forum
    Hey Tim -- nice work. Getting firewood cut up has become a much longer chore when you count all the time spent evaluating each log's turning...
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    03-09-2024, 9:14 PM
    I doubt a v-channel is needed if you're not epoxying it in. The epoxy is what creates the air seal. Dave
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    03-09-2024, 2:01 PM
    Dave Mount replied to a thread Recent work in Turner's Forum
    Thanks all for the overly generous words. Alan, thanks for posting your work, love them all. The shapes are not something I've ever done but I...
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    03-08-2024, 7:49 PM
    Dave Mount started a thread Recent work in Turner's Forum
    Haven't been following this board closely in recent months but enjoyed catching up the last couple days. My perennial lament is that there's not as...
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    03-08-2024, 7:04 PM
    Beautiful handles. I think we are kindred spirits -- I use a different wood for each handle, which is fun, attractive, and lets me know what tool...
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    03-05-2024, 3:49 PM
    Don't believe any of the prior guesses are correct. A defining feature of that blank is the extremely large and irregular rays, which none of the...
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