Mother Nature's version of pierced work

[bodrighywood]

I do like making these rustic pieces. Lovely change from commissioned work. This one is an unknown wood (someone suggested elm but I don't know) I was given by the gardener. It is 8" diameter and about 3" deep. The base was too soft for a tenon or recess so it was on a screw chuck and has a shaped piece of burr added as a foot to cover the hole.

Before anyone comments those aren't tool marks in the bottom, they are actually different areas of grain that have reacted differently to the finish. They look different in the flesh.

Pete

[Les Symonds]

Now there's a coincidence! I turned a gnarled and knotty lump of oak bur last night and experienced exactly the same difficulty with the finish. I was goin to re-mount it tonight to have another go at finishing it.
Have you used Danish Oil for the finish!
Regards...Les

[Andy Coates]

I think it's Acacia.

[bodrighywood]

Les: It is just buffed with carnuba, I rarely use oil as a finish.

Andy: You could be right, I have had some acacia from him before as he had too cut a few trees back that had grown too big for there position.

Pete

[Les Symonds]

hi Pete....how on earth do you get the carnauba into the texture of the  bark? I think of carnauba as a hard block of wax.... or do you perhaps dissolve/soften the wax first?

Les

[bodrighywood]

I use a buffing wheel on the lathe. Run it slowly, 500rpm and it will get into most places within reason. I will probably finish it off with some Micro wax rubed on by hand in a day or two as it is likely to get picked up a lot if only out of curiosity.

Pete

[Bryan Milham]

Pete,

I love pieces like this, totally unique and revelling in the character of the wood.

You're right about people wanting to handle it - me of one!

[woodndesign]

Pete, it turned out to be a really nice piece, cheers for sharing.

David

[Roderick Evans]

Hi Pete
Mother nature in all her glory, a lovely piece.

Regards,
Rod

[bodrighywood]

Pete,

I love pieces like this, totally unique and revelling in the character of the wood.

You're right about people wanting to handle it - me of one!

You're welcome to ............at a price LOL

I have been asked to do a demo about using 'weird wood' so if this is still in stock I'll use it as an example.

Pete