Maple Burl Box

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Having fun making these boxes. This one is maple burl, about 4.5″ tall, 2.75″ diameter, and the interior is about 2″ diameter.

Lid is sliced off in an arc, and held on with 4 little magnets. The magnet get the grain and figure aligned just right between the body and the lid.

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Fairly Useless Platter

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Or maybe it’s a shallow bowl. Either way, it won’t hold soup.

Cherry burl with large bark inclusions wenge pewa) and some bug tracks. Quite a mess. This was the outer core from around the bowl I posted earlier.

About 12″ diameter, 2-1/4″ tall.

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Cherry Burl Bowl

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About 8″ diameter, 2.75″ high. Round bottom (no foot, just a little dimple so it sits upright).
Simple walnut oil finish.
A few pewa (maple) to stabilize a crack, and some epoxy fill in the cracks just to make the bowl more usable, since the cracks went all the way through.

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Maple Burl Box

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About 4″ tall, 3″ diameter. The interior is about 2″ diameter.

Lid is parted off in an arc, and the top attached with 2 pairs of small magnets. The magnets are oriented so the lid only goes on the “right” way.

Lacquer finish.

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Zeta

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Rocket Box #6 – “Zeta”.

Stands 10-1/2″ tall.

Box Elder Burl with dyed maple lets, rings, finials. Lacquer finish.

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Simple Goblet

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About 10” high, bowl is about 3” diameter. Box elder burl, dyed. Dyed maple stem. Lacquer.

This piece was selected by the American Association of Woodturners Forum as Turning of the Week for June 17, 2024

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