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I bought this Burl cap at the Perth Wood Show on 4th August and got it finished today. The platter measures 15" x 2.5", was sanded to 400 grit then 0000 steel (with the lathe stopped)by hand. It is finished with Mirotone Spraylac Satin.

Hope you like it as much as I do. The Red is much more spectacular that the brown ones I have previously posted here. I only got one????? and now need to try and get some more.

C & C welcome.

Bob.

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Real nice Bob, like the finish you achieved. Your right about the red being the best, I have some yellow and brown mallee burls sitting in the shed but not keen to turn them.
 

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Phew Bob you hit the buttons with this one, very nice use of a beautiful piece of your Aussie burl, fabulous mate
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This is stunning awesome job.
 

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Super nice Bob! Hope you find more!
 

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Very well done. You are lucky to have such a great piece of wood so readily available to you
 

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Great piece of work here Bob. that vacation that you took must have inspired you greatly,the results are shown here. Like I told you, I have a piece of this that I bought 15 years ago, and was afraid to turn it for fear of ruining it. you set the bar pretty high here, now i am really afraid to turn it. How did you reverse chuck this to finish the bottom?? Or did you just work around a spigot?? it looks equally as good on the bottom side.
 

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Rockbuster, Started with a spigot on the bottom, until sanded. Then reverse chucked on my Cole jaws, just sitting against the stoppers and the tailstock. Because this is not terribly secure I used my angle grinder to cut off the spigot except for a small piece in the centre where the live centre was holding.
Then removed from the lathe and ground the lump off. Then finished the base with a sanding pad in my drill.
Unorthodox but effective.
 

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Great job Bob, that piece of burl has really come up well.
 

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Your bowl looks stunning. Great shape and gorgeous wood. Amazing work!
 

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Really nice. Lovely use of the wood.
 

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This is a show piece, very nice. The leopard pattern on the wood is stunning, throw in the rough edges and unique shape, bingo, bango, WOW !
 
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