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My carver friend, Ron, brought me a piece of eucalyptus wood he found out on the golf course and I wanted to see how it turned, so I made this goblet for him. It is 7" tall and 2 3/4" diameter at the cup. It is finished with Danish Oil.

I added a couple shots of it in the unfinished state. I left a piece of the natural edge of the log on the bottom so he can see remember where it came from .

Cheers, Jim

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Hi Jim.

Nice piece of Eucalyptus . Has it been growing locally? I know there is a lot of Eucalyptus growing in California and was wondering if it has found its way to other areas of North America?

The Goblet looks good. Very sturdy base on it. Danish Oil always works well too.

Picture 2 was interesting…the goblet could also be presented as a small stand for a small bowl to sit on top.

Great Project Jim.

Regards,

Cliff.
 

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You are lucky guy having such ''wood'' presents
 

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COOL… Leaving some of the Live is a good idea… COOL…
 

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Dig the Euc, Jim. Gorgeous wood. Hard as a rock. Hard on tools. Did it turn your hands black?
 

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Very nice Jim, great wood to play with.
 

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schön (beautiful)
 

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Very nice. I'm using eucalyptus a lot, just because it is the cheapest wood around here in the middle of Portugal.Not that easy to work with! Impressive turning.
 

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Interesting piece Jim, Like the others have said, hard but lovely timber.
Over here we are spoiled with about 800 different species of Eucalyptus, all colours and patterns in the grain.
Great job Mate,

Bob
 

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Looks great Jim, I really like the live edge trim on the bottom. I have never worked with Eucalyptus but I've heard it can be difficult to work with. Great work!
 

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Very nice looking Mr. Jim. I love the shape of it
 

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Looks great Jim! Like the shape!
 

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That's a beauty, Jim!

I was wondering how you mounted the "natural edge" end on the lathe- glue to waste block??
 

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nicely done, looks like you don't have any snow there, A bumper year here, may make 4 feet yet, not that it is that desirable.
 

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The grain in that piece of eucalyptus wood is beautiful. You did it justice Jim.
 

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Wonderfuly fun project. My city here in Southern California have several species of eucalyptus. The city was cleaning up after the wind blew down a large branch from a widow maker called an ironwood eucalyptus. I loaded some of the logs they had not picked up yet and resawed it in to 1/2" x 1/2" x 12" pieces and turned them into green and green style screw plug covers. I stained them black. This is very hardwood. You can see the results on my project called A&C style towel bar and to holder.
 

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Looks great Jim. Nice touch with leaving the area of natural edge.
 

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The base gives it a real natural look Jim, Nice job :)
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Really nice. Don't know much about Danish oil but sure gives a great look in this project.
 
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