Bud Vase Trio Challenge - Due Sunday 4/19/20 @ 9pm eastern

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The painted ones are birch and came from a neighbors tree that died of birch bore. The small one is three inches and the larger one is 6 1/4. The ugliest one, that would be the one on the right, is ornamental cherry that a friend of my wife dropped off some time ago. The two largest have test tubes that can be filled with water.

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Those painted ones are cool!
 

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Less than 7 hours to go!

Parted mine off this morning and just took a few pictures. I'm not sure how we're going to decide who gets to choose the next challenge; so many great entries here!!

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Here are my three together. 4.5" maple, 4" mulberry, and 6.75" cherry. Definitely not a "natural" grouping of styles, but three different techniques that were new for me.

I agree with Steve, don't know how we are going to decide... may have to just pick a name out of a hat.


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Here are my three together. 4.5" maple, 4" mulberry, and 6.75" cherry. Definitely not a "natural" grouping of styles, but three different techniques that were new for me.

I agree with Steve, don't know how we are going to decide... may have to just pick a name out of a hat.


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Man, I don't know how you do all the lines and coloring, I don't have near that much patience!
 

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Here are my entries. This was honestly a fun challenge and I’ve enjoyed looking at everyone’s different takes. I didn’t take pics If the original pieces

1. Less than 6” entry is Russian Olivewood from my neighbors tree that fell down less than a year ago.
2. Natural edge/defect. This is an off center turning from Red Oak which is a cut off from some bowl blanks I cut last November from wood I got in Dallas from the tornados. It has live edge and chain saw marks on 2 sides from when I milled it up
3. Over 6” is a multi axis turn from a piece of oak on the shelf. It was really soft and had a huge check down the middle which I filled with CA. Tons of sanding on this one.

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Man, I don't know how you do all the lines and coloring, I don't have near that much patience!

It took 4.5 hours to layout lines, burn them and color! A lot of that time was figuring out how to do it. Figuring out burning took the longest, but once I got a temp setting I liked, was just a matter of getting into a rhythm. For the record, there are 1540 "beads" on this tiny vase.

I've not seen anyone give an exact accounting of hours put into the large, historically accurate baskets, but wouldn't be surprised if they took 100 hours or more.
 

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I know it's been said but there are a lot of great entries. Amazing what everyone can dream up with just simple directions.
 

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I know it's been said but there are a lot of great entries. Amazing what everyone can dream up with just simple directions.

That's what makes this such a great place. @Bean_counter has me thinking about doing some off-center ones, I'm sure everyone has gotten some good ideas from this.
 

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Here are a few pics of ....well, not bud vases! I started these a few weeks ago and then saw this challenge. Really enjoyed doing these from aspen cut offs. Again, not a real entry, I just wanted to part of the fun. Even one extra.

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One and a half hours left!

Get 'em off the lathe and post your pictures!! :saw:
 

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Unfortunately I'm not going to be able to enter 3 this go round. I do plan on finishing what i started, but kids activities this weekend (i.e. building forts aka sheds) took up my time. Plus, my lathe is acting up and doesn't want to start now. :scare3:

Anyways, all of mine were going to be out of a white oak fence post/stick.
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The first one is closest to being complete, just needs a finish on it. My plan for this one is to dye it black and then do a liming technique (which I've never tried before).

3.5" tall x 2.25" diameter

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The second one is the off cut of the end of the post. This was going to be my "defective" piece and the shape is going to be modeled after the old milk cans.

3" x 2.5"

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The rough half-pattern.
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The third one was going to be my 6" or larger piece, but to get the thickness/diameter I needed, I cut a thin section off the post, found some veneer off cuts, and glued up the blank with an offset 3-layer veneer stripe.

6.5" x 3.5" diameter

Glued up blank.
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Endgrain shot with veneer stripe
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Once I can figure out what's going on with my lathe I'll finish these up and post. Sorry I won't be entering my 3 in this round though.

-jason
 

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Unfortunately I'm not going to be able to enter 3 this go round. I do plan on finishing what i started, but kids activities this weekend (i.e. building forts aka sheds) took up my time. Plus, my lathe is acting up and doesn't want to start now. :scare3:

Anyways, all of mine were going to be out of a white oak fence post/stick.
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The first one is closest to being complete, just needs a finish on it. My plan for this one is to dye it black and then do a liming technique (which I've never tried before).

3.5" tall x 2.25" diameter

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The second one is the off cut of the end of the post. This was going to be my "defective" piece and the shape is going to be modeled after the old milk cans.

3" x 2.5"

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The rough half-pattern.
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The third one was going to be my 6" or larger piece, but to get the thickness/diameter I needed, I cut a thin section off the post, found some veneer off cuts, and glued up the blank with an offset 3-layer veneer stripe.

6.5" x 3.5" diameter

Glued up blank.
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Endgrain shot with veneer stripe
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Once I can figure out what's going on with my lathe I'll finish these up and post. Sorry I won't be entering my 3 in this round though.

-jason

I like the shape of the first one Jason, don't you leave us hanging when you get done!
 
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