The Wicked Root Ball Wood Turning
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- Опубликовано: 1 сен 2022
- One of the hardest things to turn on a wood lathe is a root ball.
This is a Camellia root ball and the wood was very hard.
Lots of cracks and vides to deal with but it turned into a real beauty.
Finished with Zinsser Seal Coat and Zinsser Shellac.
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Gary very often, less is more and that was very evident with this piece. You let nature shine with this one and that was obviously the right choice. Beautiful piece.
Thank you very much John. I struggled with myself wanting to leave much more on the outside. It just did not feel right and happy I overcome those thoughts.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Great job! Your work reminds ne of how God takes us, in all our imperfections, turning and trimming away all that is not needed, to arrive at something unique and very beautiful, fit for servicel. Thank you for sharing this with us!
Thank you very much Stephanie. Yes God does have everything to do with who we are. It is his gifts to me that allow me to do what I do.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
That was very Phil Anderson-esque and I loved it haha
Thank you Matt and funny thing I almost thought about sending it to Phil...LOL
Not really but he would have made something beautiful out of it.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Wow, what a beauty. Rootballs Gary I love that you left it open, without resin What a lovely piece
Thank you for sharing Cheers, Dave
Thanks so much Dave. Happy you liked it just the way it is.
Take care,
Gary
I thought I was in a Phil Anderson video for a minute (Howdy!). Just kidding. Very nice result!
Well good after noon .....or Howdy LOL.
When I got this root ball I said this would be perfect for Phil to turn. But I know my son was wanting me to turn it and now I will keep it for a week or so and give it to him.
Thanks for watching,
And what we say here in Garden Home Oregon....See Ya Later!
Gary
That piece is absolutely beautiful. It a real tribute to the beauty of nature.
Thank you very much James and you are so correct about the beauty we have been provided with.
Take care,
Gary
Great job on an ugly root ball. What a beautiful bowl. Thanks for sharing
Thank you Jean. Happy you liked it and thanks for watching.
Gary
Thank You Gary....VERY COOL ROOT BALL !!!!!....I do love the adventure of an old ruff root ball. It is defiantly unique and beautiful.....Until next time Gary.......TM
Thank you very much TM. Hopefully I will have another puzzle for you next week. Trying to do it while building a small table I was asked to make. if not I may have to grab a small piece of something and make something LOL.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
I love the bowl. I agree, sometimes it's best to just let the wood be more like nature made it. It's beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much Linda. A root ball is about as natural as can be.
Very interesting when you think it was the first part that made the tree.
Only right to leave it as natural as it can be.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
I really like this one, Gary. But I pretty much like all of your turnings👍🏻 I love all the natural features in this one!
Thank you Mike. I have to admit I put it off for a long time. Then after turning it I found it was not as hard as I had convinced myself it would be.
Thanks for your comments and for watching,
Gary
Nice piece of art with that root ball. Keep up the good work Gary. GOD bless you and your family.
Thank you very much Sam and God bless you as well.
Gary
That's a neat bowl. I like the view of the "windows", it looks like a cyclops from that side.
Thank you Dave. It was a challenge but fun to do.
Happy you liked it.
Gary
Hi Gary, root balls are hard work but they certainly come up nice! Thanks for the video.
Thank you very much Mark. I sure hate to think about doing this one before I gave it a hair cut!
Thanks for watching,
Gary
What a great piece Gary, hats off to your perseverance. The end result says volumes for your hard work. Take care, John
Thank you John. I appreciate you watching and commenting.
Gary
Wowza! That is absolutely gorgeous! Very unique piece of art! Awesome bowl! Bravo!
Thanks so much Mary!
🐼 Big Panda Bear Hugs from a 69 yr old grandma in Texas, USA. 🐼 ❤ 🎀 👍 🧚♂ 🐈 🧚
Thank you very much Grammy Bear!!!
This was a very cool piece. Really like the rustic look. Whether one uses a resin or leaves something natural is really the designer’s choice. Done properly, this piece would have looked fantastic either way. Your choice was good and you did the piece proud.
Thank you Mark. I agree if someone likes using resin and chooses to use it on a piece like this I think that is fine.
I have seen some very pretty pieces that were wood resin mix.
Thanks for watching and commenting.
Gary
I think you are so brave to even try that and you have made a absolutely beautiful piece of art and I have really enjoyed watching the video and thank you for sharing it 🤗👏💯
Thank you Peter. Happy you liked the video and thanks for taking time to comment.
Gary
I like to name a lot of my peices if mine I would call it The Hulk. great work
Thank you Neil that is a great name. I will see what my son comes up with as I plan on giving it to him. Even though they were glad to get it out because it was too close to the house.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
I love that bowl, and thanks for turning the sound down
Thank you Clifford. I do my best to not have the so sound blasting. I know it gets loud while turning. Is this the part you are referring to?
Always looking for a way to make my videos enjoyable.
Take care,
Gary
You made ok something out of it:):)
Lot’s of work but the end is rewarding !!!
Take care
Yiannis
Thank you Yiannis! I think I waited just the right amount of time before turning it.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Realy cool bowl we like the way you kept the natural edge. 😁
David and Maria Wise
Thank you very much David and Maria. Happy you liked it. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Take care,
Gary
Looks really nice. I like turning different stuff. I’ve been a woodworker for years About 30 and done some turning but I have finally started going at it. Love you sharing skills
Thank you very much Marty I appreciate you watching,
Gary
Wow! Haha, I thought you might have lost your marbles again when I first saw that thing, Gary! I was amazed at how much solid wood was under all those little roots, twigs, mud and what not. I love everything you did to this piece. Perfect design, you stopped at the right point so as not to erase what Mother Nature had spent years perfecting. I know this was a lot of work but, from this end of things, it was totally worth all you put into it. Really nice piece, my friend! I'm impressed! Keep'em coming, buddy! 😊
Phil
Thanks so much Phil. If I had not watched you tackle the root balls you have done I am not sure if I would have even turned this piece that looked like it had no hope at all.
Then I looked at the poor thing that waited so long and thought about my son wondering if the old man would ever actually do it I said ok today is the day!
Inspired but all you have done and not wanting to let my son down I did it and am very happy with the results.
And he will betting his root ball back soon. I need to at least have a week with it to actually look at everything that is there.
Sometimes you just can not take it all in even after turning it.
Thanks again for how you inspire all of us my friend!
Take care,
Gary
That's awesome! Agree that this is much better than filling it with resin 😎
Thank you Nick. Happy you liked it this way because I could not imagine filling something like this with resin.
But those that do make some pretty tunings. Just not for me.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Absolutely stunning! Love the natural wood. Thanks for sharing. Hugs
Thank you very much. I appreciate you watching and commenting.
Take care,
Gary
Love it Gary. Sometimes you just have to leave mother nature alone on a piece. Having some of the same decisions on my lathe right now. Happy turning my friend ☺️
Thank you Edward. I love this type of turning because of all the nature and trying not to turn it away. Sometimes you have to just to highlight another section of nature.
I like doing segmented work. But with that the design has been made before it even gets on the lathe. At least most of the time.
Thanks for watchng,
Gary
@@ThePapa1947 I'm always watching everyone's videos and learning things. One of my first turnings was a cherry root ball. I only did it because a friend of mine bet me that I couldn't. I won the bet. 😂
Hello Gary. For many years I've been following the most diverse wood turners in the world on RUclips, and I've caught the wood turning virus myself. I have around 100 subscribers spread around the world. Your channel is one of five, I stress five, that I've turned the bell on. This means that you are one of my absolute favorites in terms of craftsmanship, sympathy, feeling for form and design and, last but not least, the likeable demeanor. And this video is proof of that once again. From a heavy piece of root wood, which is of course a great challenge, you make a very decent turned object. But that's not the only thing that excites me, it's the fact that you let the holey and uneven beauty of this piece work, yes, that you don't try to smooth out all the bumps and natural gaps with this terrible epoxy, but that you try to imperfection in its perfection. In my eyes this is art. Thank you for this wonderful video and for all the previous ones. Many greetings and my greatest respect from the far north of Germany. Schorschi
Thank you very much Schorschi I do not know what to say other thank you very much for all your kind words. They are much appreciated and and I do my best to live up to all of what you have said.
One set of my grandparents came from Germany but I have no idea which part. And I never had a chance to know them.
Thank you again, you have brightened my day.
Take care,
Gary
Chunky is absolutely beautiful!
Thank you Madonna! I sure can be..
Thanks for watching,
Gary
So glad you left all those natural depressions and voids, nature’s finest! Well done Gary, roots are a real challenge but can result in some very interesting character! Stay well, hot over here in MT also!
For sure all those natural areas needed to be left.
It was hot today but cooling down. Sitting in the back yard baby sitting a rack of ribs on the BBQ. Got a late start or I would have put in then in the smoker.
Thanks for watching.
Gary
@@ThePapa1947 Yummy…I can smell them!
Gary. Wow what a beautiful turning. You did a remarkable job on turning this root ball. I wish I had a full sized lathe where I could try to turn things like. It is a piece that I would be very proud to display in my home. Wife doesn’t like it though. Thanks for all the time and effort you have spent turning this beauty
Thank you Dave,
A root ball can be a real challenge for sure.
I was happy with how it turned out and when i gave it to our son both he and our daughter in law loved it.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Very, very nice! It's an unusual piece with a beauty all of it's own. Really unique! Love it!
Thank you Pauline. Happy you like it and thanks for watching,
Gary
Oh wow that is truly a work of art Gary!!!!
Thank you Jane, I enjoyed turning it and it was a bit easier than what I anticipated.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Very different but beautiful Gary nicely done.thanks for sharing
Thank you Richard. Different for sure. I have turned a couple small root balls but this one was big and heavy.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Beautiful bowl Gary and you did a fantastic job turning it as well!!
Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up
Thank you very much I appreciate your comments and thanks for watching,
Gary
WOW, that was a different looking piece rom normal when you started but you turned a beauty with lovely color, that looks like it took quite a few hours to get that result! Well done and thanks!
Cheers Al
Thank you very much Al! Someone just ask how long I spend turning. I am guessing about 6 hours of turning time and a couple for sanding.
Take care,
Gary
Beautiful. It reminds me of a driftwood root ball I have right here on my tv stand. I love that you left it open, without any resin or fillers. What a lovely piece. 😊
Thank you very much Jodie. Not likely I will fill anything with resin. Maybe a nasty crack where it would keep me from turning a piece is about all I would fill.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Beautiful job Gary . Good , good good
Thanks so much Moises and thanks for watching.
Gary
Great piece. I love interesting pieces of wood. Seems like interesting pieces of wood make some of the most interesting bowls!
Thank you Mike. Yes for sure the odd pieces can have some of the best looks. Happy you like them as well.
Take care,
Gary
Good evening, Gary.
Your openning picture had me asking questions. After some wacking and turning, that messy root ball started to make sense.
Very interesting finished bowl. Character for sure. Well done.
Thank you Ray. Well when I decided to turn it I knew I had footage of it before trimming all the branches. And there they were in a file called things I plan on doing.
I was shocked when I checked out that video and thought what the heck am I doing but then looked at the piece I had trimmed a year ago.
It was fun but hard.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
@@ThePapa1947 Excellent story. I confess, I also have a file of things I plan on doing. I just haven't assigned a date to start yet. Oh well, maybe someday.
What a wonderful bowl.
Thank you Stan and thanks for watching,
Gary
I turned an Oak rootball that just turned into shrapnel this turned out great!
Thank you very much! Sorry about the Oak root ball.
Take care,
Gary
Gary, that wood looked HARD! I lost track of how many times you said “I just sharpened a tool”.😀. I like the rugged look of it.
Thank your Rick. I would not want to make a diet of wood this hard.
It would get expensive replacing bowl gouges. LOL
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Very nice Gary. I like the natural look as well.
Thank you very much Laura. I appreciate you watching and commenting.
Gary
Amazing job with a very gnarly root ball 👍👌
Thank you very much James. It now lives where it grew up. I gave it back to my son.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Watching you turn this was a fun way to spend my morning coffee time. Thanks so much! Now, I have 70-plus small mortises to chop for Mary's latest honey-do, so off to the shop with me!
Thank you very much Michael! For sure you best keep up with that honey-do list.
Take care,
Gary
Thank you for sharing your thought process. As a beginner you’ve answered two of my questions- i) why folk wear a glove and ii) that it’s ok to start turning without knowing what the end product might be. Thank You 🙏
Thank you Michael. The only turnings I really know what they will look like when finished are the segmented ones. And even then things can change a little.
The only time I will wear a glove is when those chips are hard and sharp.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
@@ThePapa1947 kind of you Gary. Thank You 🙏
Gorgeous!! Very well done Gary!!
Thank you very much Todd and thanks for watching.
Gary
Beautiful bowl Gary. Well done.
Thank you Jack. Happy you liked it.
Take care,
Gary
Wow, what a beauty. Rootballs are always fun. With things like this, you're giving Phil some competition. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Garth. When i got this I was wondering what Phil might do with it. Almost not possible to see the finished piece before you start because things change with every cut.
Happy liked how it turned out.
Tale care,
Gary
came out a cracker Gary it looked like it fought you all the way 👍👍👍👍cheers Ross
Thank you Ross. It put up a pretty good battle for sure. Happy you liked the end result.
Take care,
Gary
Very Beautiful. Thank you for sharing this!
Thank you Todd and thanks for watching.
Take care,
Gary
Beautiful. It is heavy enough to make a mortar and pestle for the kitchen without holes.
Thank you Khan, yes and maybe it could be a combo mortar and pestle strainer LOL.
Take care,
Gary
Gary what a great job you have done on that old root ball bet you had to sharpen loads my friend
Thank you Alan! For sure I sharpened more on this one than any other turning i remember doing.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
WOW WOW AND WOW that's one awesome piece.
Thank you Manjit! Happy you like it.
Take care,
Gary
Beautiful turn. Love the voids that you left in it. Natural look is always great 👍
Thank you Robert for sure all the nature made this piece what it is.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
WOW gary that turned out great.
Thank you very much Manjit!
Looks beautiful - not many people realise how long it takes for a piece of wood to season, and for a design idea to hatch and develop. Not to mention how many hours of turning, sharpening and sanding before you see the finish going on and the full beauty can be seen! This piece has been a labour of love and I really enjoyed watching the journey, many thanks!
Thank you very much Paully I appreciate your comments and how well you explained the process for a piece like this.
Take care
Gary
Seriously good turning skills.
Thank you very much Patricia. I appreciate your comment and thanks for watching.
Gary
Now that's an awesome bowl buddy.
Thank you very much. Happy you liked it. I sure liked turning it.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Gorgeous Gary. I have 2 root balls, one quite big form a rhododendron bush.
Still looking at it LOL.
Great video my friend.
Speak soon.
Hwyl, Huw
Thank you very much Huw! It sure was a gnarly looking root ball for sure.
I looked at this one for a very long time.
Take care my friend
Hwyl,
Gary
Yep Gary, very very cool! I love it. On my lathe, I would call that a rescue piece, and I’m just stubborn enough that I likely would have glued that one edge piece back on (whether it needed it or not 😉). That bowl could shine in an art gallery for sure! Just lovely 😊
Cheers, Rick
Thank you Rick! I did consider gluing it back on but I have a feeling it would have just kept falling off. I admit I was a bit unhappy that it fell off but got over it pretty fast LOL.
Happy your liked it my friend.
Take care,
Gary
That is a beautiful bowl.
Thank you John, happy you like it.
Gary
It’s lovely Gary. I especially like the finish bringing out the beauty of the wood. Thank you for sharing 🌞
Thank you Ray. This piece wanted to look as natural as could be. That is where shellac can be the perfect finish.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
That is gorgeous!
Thank you very much and thanks for watching.
Gary
Great bowl, Gary
Thanks Ward and thanks for watching,
Gary
Awesome craftsmanship bud
Thank you Tony. Appreciate your comment.
Thanks for watching
Gary
That is a spectacular piece, Gary! I would not have used resin on that one either. Of course, in my case it’s because I’m too cheap. I think you would’ve spent about $250 to get enough resin for that piece. Really enjoyed this video, my friend. Hope to see more from you soon! 😃😃
Happy turning,
…..Gord
Thank you Gord! I just have a hard time with wanting to fill all this up(and yes it can be very pretty) The resin is costly and I passed on a chance to sponsor a resin company. Just not what I want to do with my turning.
More coming and am mixing it up.
I am working on a small tall table for our church but I am not sure how flat work would go over on my channel.
Maybe I will make one of those short videos?
Take care my friend,
Gary
Thanks Gary, an interesting piece to say the least. A little thinner wall would have been better IMHO but if it was going to fall apart then you work with what you got. Glad you managed to preserve the features you wanted.
Greetings from Canada's banana belt.
🤔💩🇺🇲🕊️🇺🇦🍌🇨🇦👍
Thank you Ron. I would have liked it thinner. Just did not want to take the chance.
Thanks for watching.
Gary
Papa,
That is one beautiful amazing root ball! I was a bit worried when you started, but your eye for a finished project inside a starting lump is fantastic. Thank you so very much for a most excellent and relaxing video for me to enjoy while having lunch 😋.
Keep the aspidistra flying!
Paul
Thank you very much Pau.! I am sure happy the wood worked with me as I had no idea where we headed when I started.
Lots of choices and I decided to highlight that one thin area with the forked pieces. Everything else just fell into place.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
A truly wonderful piece, Gary. I'm glad you had fun with your grandcritters.
Thank you very much Kathleen. We had a great time and they were so much fun to have along. Silver Falls has lots of hiking trails and biking trails and we did a lot of both.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Beautiful work, Gary! I love the contrast between the rough brute-force chainsaw marks and the clean smooth finely turned surfaces.
Thank you very much Scott. I sure was not proud of the chain saw job at the time I figured I would turn it smooth. But when I got to that point it made no sense at all not to leave it.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Incredible, great video. Thanks for sharing your time and talent! KANSAS
Thank you very much Jack I appreciate you watching and commenitng.
Gary
Love it, Gary! Rustic yet beautiful!
Thank you very much Billy! Hope you are feeling better.
Take care,
Gary
very very cool .. Terry from Ireland.
Thank you Terry and nice to know you are watching from Ireland. Very cool!
@@ThePapa1947 yourself and Phil are 2 of my idles I love your honesty..
looks great
Thank you Mark. Happy you like it and thanks for watching.
Gary
Super video, Gary, thank you. I am intrigued but don't think I would be brave enough just yet to try turning a root ball! - but if I do, I will come back to this video for a master class! NB New Videos from you and Phil Anderson; what a great treat, and preparation for some weekend woodturning. Happy turning!
Thank you very much David. Perhaps if you can find a smaller root ball from something like a fruit tree. Much softer wood than this.
After turning a few things from the trunk of this bush I knew the wood was very hard. I was happy with being able turn this one without a bunch of problems.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Nice one!
Thank you Ron and thanks for watching,
Gary
I admire your perseverance Gary. This is truly a unique piece. Beautiful job, as ever.
Thank you very much Ron! Happy you liked it.
Take care,
Gary
Lovely work
Thank you very much Robert! I appreciate you watching and commenting.
Gary
That is a really cool turning. I love the rough rustic look of it. Just a suggestion maybe when you trimmed the root ball up instead of really dulling or wrecking a chainsaw chain you could have used a Sawzall with a long Demo blade on it ? Looking at it I think that is the way I would have tried to trim it up. But sometimes I am wrong, seemed like a good idea at the time. LOL. Great video, and thanks for your very thorough explanations on how you were going about that turning.
Thank you John, happy you like it.
Trust me my chain was very dull when I cut the root ball up. I normally just put new ones on instead of sharpening them. It is a small electric and the chains do not cost all that much.
But I like your idea of using a Sawzall. I have one but I do not have a long Demo blade. Might be a good idea to pick one up.
Thanks for watching and commenting,
Gary
I agree, resin would have detracted from the beauty of this rustic bowl. Shellac was the perfect finish for this one. It looked like a lot of work to turn such hard wood, but is it really work if you're having fun? Big Ol' thumbs up!
Thank you Gil. Well I guess it was not work at all because I had lots of fun turning it. Happy you liked it.
Take care,
Gary
Another beautiful masterpiece Gary. It's amazing what you can do.
Thank you very much Chris! I appreciate your comments and thanks for watching.
Gary
What a gorgeous piece Gary ! Bowls such as this cannot be duplicated . Great job and stay cool .
Thank you very much Jon. You are right about not duplicating this. Nature seems to make something different every time.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
As always, enjoyed this video Gary. BTW, thank you for not epoxying that piece of wood. That, in my opinion, would have taken away from the uniqueness of the piece of art. Even the chainsaw marks give it quite a bit of character. Nicely done! Also, isn't it great to do things such as camping, fishing, and other outdoor adventures with the Grands? Those memories will be something they will cherish forever, even after we are long gone. Love it!
Thank you Steve. I will use epoxy to hold something together but rarely.
One of those grandsons watches my videos. I figure they will see it today.
Thanks for watching.
Gary
Very nice!😊❤👍
Thank you Dave and thanks for watching.
Gary
great job! must have taken lots of time to turn the rootball
Thank you Elnar, for sure it took a bit of time. Very hard wood and lots of voids.
Happy you like it and thanks for watching,
Gary
Fantastic job Gary. I am not at all surprised that Phil enjoyed this piece, it is 'right up his alley'. I love that you left the walls thick to enable you to retain as much 'nature' as possible, I believe you have created quite a masterpiece with this one, good shape & good finish too. Cheers, Don from South Aust..
Thank you very much Don. It is very heavy but worth it to leave all those features.
Thanks for watching.
Gary
Hi Gary...
That was a great turn that you achieved from the root ball...
The finished bowl is beautiful...
Take care my friend...All the best.....Andy
Thank you very much Andy. We will enjoy it for a week or so then I will return it to the owner of the plant. My son has already seen it half finished and is looking forward to getting it.
I planned on giving it to him but my wife sort of said maybe I should start giving more away. My thought was to add onto the house so I have room for more LOL.
Take care my friend,
Gary
Beautiful, unique, and turned by a craftsman. Thanks, Gary, for another interesting video.
Thank you very much Kent. I appreciate your comment and thanks for watching,
Gary
Great piece. I imagine is must have been an interesting turn. I've had my eye out for a root ball and hope to come across one. I definitely agree with the no-epoxy choice.
Thanks so much Josh. I have a small root ball from the Apple tree we took out last year. Might be taking another one out next spring or so. Kind of small so maybe a vase might be in order.
Thanks for watching and I have an update on my dust collector table saw issue I will tell you about later. It is almost funny LOL.
Take care,
Gary
Beautiful work Gary! I'm always doing natural edge and bark inclusion turnings. I turn a lot of cedar and pecan and it's the nature of the beast with those two types of wood.
Again, I enjoyed the video,you sir are a true craftsman!
That really looks lovely! I turned a Cherry root ball a few years ago...it was quite an experience because it was very early in my turning career.
Thank you Carol. It is an experience for sure. I turned a couple other smaller ones and they were interesting as well.
I just wanted this one to all stay together because there was a big crack that had me concerned but lots of wood holding things together.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Nice work
Thank you very much Douglas and thanks for watching,
Gary
Amazing Job. :-)
Thank you Marco I appreciate you watching and commenting.
Take care,
Gary
Very beautiful Gary I also like the inclusions I have the sanding ball's from harbor freight they work great for buffing when the sanding wears off which only takes 2 or 3 uses take care friend 👍👍👍👍
Thank you radar. It is a big ole heavy beast but in it's own way looks delicate with some of the beautiful colors found inside.
I bought those sanding balls a number of years ago and have only used them a few times. It was nice for buffing the inside with all the inclusions. And I think I have seen you use them as well.
Take care my friend,
Gary
Great job. Would've love to see chat could have happened with some resin. Even a chocolate color
Thank you very much Billy. I think it may have been very interesting with resin. But it is better if I stay away from it.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
I like it.
Thank you Tim and thanks for watching.
Gary
First thing I noticed: There isn't much left of the original piece. Not surprising but good to know for me; I have a similar piece, namely the crown of a Weeping Willow. I've been reluctant to put the chainsaw to it because cutting wood away can be done only once. At least there is no dirt inside mine. Thnx for the example of what can be done to a piece like that. 😎
Thank you Leo. I tried to leave as much as I could and still make it safe to turn. Those branches would have gotten turned away so best to chain saw what I could.
Have fun!
Gary
Root cluster grain is always so cool. I have a huge chunk from some kind of fruit or berry tree my mom had cut down. Not sure what to do with it since even after powerwashing it, it still has a lot of rocks and dirt in it
Those rocks and dirt are hard to get out. Once I trimmed it to the point I turned it I was able to get all the rocks out. But some dirt remained deep inside. At least I never hit any rocks.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
That looks beautiful lovely finish to it, i turned one recently and ruined a brand new band saw blade
Thank you very much. I kept this one away from band saw.
Thanks for watching.
Gary