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Offline Walnut Les

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A large 20" fruit bowl made from sycamore
« on: January 14, 2018, 06:15:58 PM »
I had a large lump of sycamore laying about and it kept saying to me, turn me into something big so I put it on the lathe and this is the end result'
Its 20" across and 2 and 3/4" tall sanded to 320 grit and it has had one coat of food safe put on to it so far, your comments are more than welcome. Les
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Offline Walnut Les

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Re: A large 20" fruit bowl made from sycamore
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2018, 06:24:27 PM »
A better picture of the bowl
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Re: A large 20" fruit bowl made from sycamore
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2018, 07:41:09 PM »
Very nice Les

Regards George
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Re: A large 20" fruit bowl made from sycamore
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2018, 09:45:42 PM »
Thank you George I'm glad that you like it. Les
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Offline Les Symonds

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Re: A large 20" fruit bowl made from sycamore
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2018, 06:03:13 AM »
A grand job.....that's going to take some filling with fruit!
Les
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Re: A large 20" fruit bowl made from sycamore
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2018, 07:45:34 AM »
Nice one Les  :)

All the best

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Re: A large 20" fruit bowl made from sycamore
« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2018, 01:48:41 PM »

   It as a lot going for it Les ... Nice Piece
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Offline Walnut Les

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Re: A large 20" fruit bowl made from sycamore
« Reply #7 on: January 15, 2018, 07:29:58 PM »
Many thanks to you all for looking and for your comments, it is very much appreciated. Les
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Re: A large 20" fruit bowl made from sycamore
« Reply #8 on: January 15, 2018, 07:59:48 PM »
Nice bowl Les great when you find a piece and just go with it. Nice shape and I have to agree plenty of fruit to fill it ::)
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Re: A large 20" fruit bowl made from sycamore
« Reply #9 on: January 16, 2018, 09:12:59 AM »
Thank you Derek, admittedly I never thought about the amount of fruit that it will take to fill it  ::) time to make a few smaller ones I think or turn a lot of apples and pairs to put in it. Les
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Re: A large 20" fruit bowl made from sycamore
« Reply #10 on: January 16, 2018, 03:59:26 PM »
A good bowl in nice wood Les.
Your title restricts imagination
Lots of other things go in big bowls other than fruit and it looks good on that table. Just fill it with stuff!
kind regards
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Re: A large 20" fruit bowl made from sycamore
« Reply #11 on: January 16, 2018, 04:03:16 PM »
Pineapples, mangos, bananas,

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Re: A large 20" fruit bowl made from sycamore
« Reply #12 on: January 16, 2018, 10:03:38 PM »
Many thanks for your comments Nick and Pete, I found some bowls to fill it up with I hope that you like the picture. Les
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Re: A large 20" fruit bowl made from sycamore
« Reply #13 on: February 05, 2018, 09:21:39 PM »
My, that's a big one!
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