one monster ambrosia block

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:scare3::scare3: whos got the nuts to put this very large and very heavy beast on there lathe 19 x 18 3/4 x 11 in thick . i can barly pick it up . came out of the stump and i do see curl. one big old bowl :rotflmao3::rotflmao3::rotflmao3: duck

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What are you planning on doing with a block that size? I've only turned something 16" diameter, something this big would be a struggle!
 
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cabomhn said:
What are you planning on doing with a block that size? I've only turned something 16" diameter, something this big would be a struggle!
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lol matt it was a stuggle putting it on the table. i just findem not turn them :rotflmao3::rotflmao3::rotflmao3:
 
Sweet looking block of wood there, Duck!

I wouldn't suggest a single bowl from that block... Endgrain bowls tend to fare poorly over the long haul... if they survive the drying process. That could be a monster hollowform, but I don't have the tooling to do it... My lathe could swing it, but I don't have the rest of the doodads needed to hollow something 19" in diameter. There are certainly some folks around here who are capable of that kinda thing though... I look forward to seeing what comes of it.
 
I'd cut it in half right at the pith line and get 2 hollows out of it! :sarcastic: Beautiful stuff there. :good::good2:
 
Dave - I just want to come and camp in the Magical Maple Forest! - You have some of the most beautiful wood I have seen growing there. Maple abounds up here but its all pretty plain Jane.

How wet is it? I will make you a bowl out of it if you post a picture of your wife's expression when you put it in the middle of the table... :sarcastic:

Doc is right though. The odds of it surviving the drying process in that size with pith are pretty slim.

I would quarter it and make 4 absolutely stunning vases / hollow forms. If you do that I would do another trade - I turn you one and keep one...
Scott
 
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NYWoodturner said:
Dave - I just want to come and camp in the Magical Maple Forest! - You have some of the most beautiful wood I have seen growing there. Maple abounds up here but its all pretty plain Jane.

How wet is it? I will make you a bowl out of it if you post a picture of your wife's expression when you put it in the middle of the table... :sarcastic:

Doc is right though. The odds of it surviving the drying process in that size with pith are pretty slim.

I would quarter it and make 4 absolutely stunning vases / hollow forms. If you do that I would do another trade - I turn you one and keep one...
Scott
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scott i just cut it down today i knew that thing was the same it had hunderds of knarly burl looking balls all over its small branches just like the other.dont know what they are a bugs or what but what ever it is its working :good: they got me working night shift right now. so i get board with all that day time to play with:mocking::mocking:. theres a few more bigger ones there . there time will come. lol i have no intensions of rollin that beast into the post office they would chase me down the street :rofl::rofl::rofl: it will get cut up into hollow forms. im sure some of this buety will be heading to many places starting with ny. now got to go to work . duck
 
That thing would require, first some trimming, and then the 4224B, and even then it would be a challenge. SSSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO pretty though.
 
Wow! You've got a pretty block! Wish I had an ugly maple log like that to make gunstocks from... Ambrosia maple looks like natural camo after the stock is finished.
 
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Dusty said:
Wow! You've got a pretty block! Wish I had an ugly maple log like that to make gunstocks from... Ambrosia maple looks like natural camo after the stock is finished.
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your right about that come to think of it i will get with ya when i cut it up and maybe we can work somthing out . that would be one awsome gun dusty . ill have to get your stock demensions id be interested duck
 
DKMD said:
Sweet looking block of wood there, Duck!

I wouldn't suggest a single bowl from that block... Endgrain bowls tend to fare poorly over the long haul... if they survive the drying process. That could be a monster hollowform, but I don't have the tooling to do it... My lathe could swing it, but I don't have the rest of the doodads needed to hollow something 19" in diameter. There are certainly some folks around here who are capable of that kinda thing though... I look forward to seeing what comes of it.
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I agree with you. If the dimensions were side grain I would eat it up for cored bowls. You could do cored hollowforms the end grain would show on each one.
Cutting blocks for turning is not always easy as eveyone has different uses for each particular block.I coud probably get at least 6 end grain hollow forms from this block and they would show the awesome endgrain as it is
Shipping might hurt on something this green.
 
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dean jordan said:
DKMD said:
Sweet looking block of wood there, Duck!

I wouldn't suggest a single bowl from that block... Endgrain bowls tend to fare poorly over the long haul... if they survive the drying process. That could be a monster hollowform, but I don't have the tooling to do it... My lathe could swing it, but I don't have the rest of the doodads needed to hollow something 19" in diameter. There are certainly some folks around here who are capable of that kinda thing though... I look forward to seeing what comes of it.
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I agree with you. If the dimensions were side grain I would eat it up for cored bowls. You could do cored hollowforms the end grain would show on each one.
Cutting blocks for turning is not always easy as eveyone has different uses for each particular block.I coud probably get at least 6 end grain hollow forms from this block and they would show the awesome endgrain as it is
Shipping might hurt on something this green.
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yep its frickin heavy i was thinking 4 blocks they wood be 20 t0 30 shipping each thats what the charge parcel post for the others but they were 14in tall.
 
dean jordan said:
DKMD said:
Sweet looking block of wood there, Duck!

I wouldn't suggest a single bowl from that block... Endgrain bowls tend to fare poorly over the long haul... if they survive the drying process. That could be a monster hollowform, but I don't have the tooling to do it... My lathe could swing it, but I don't have the rest of the doodads needed to hollow something 19" in diameter. There are certainly some folks around here who are capable of that kinda thing though... I look forward to seeing what comes of it.
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I agree with you. If the dimensions were side grain I would eat it up for cored bowls. You could do cored hollowforms the end grain would show on each one.
Cutting blocks for turning is not always easy as eveyone has different uses for each particular block.I coud probably get at least 6 end grain hollow forms from this block and they would show the awesome endgrain as it is
Shipping might hurt on something this green.
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how much do you think it weighs and what would you want for it?
 
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dean jordan said:
dean jordan said:
DKMD said:
Sweet looking block of wood there, Duck!

I wouldn't suggest a single bowl from that block... Endgrain bowls tend to fare poorly over the long haul... if they survive the drying process. That could be a monster hollowform, but I don't have the tooling to do it... My lathe could swing it, but I don't have the rest of the doodads needed to hollow something 19" in diameter. There are certainly some folks around here who are capable of that kinda thing though... I look forward to seeing what comes of it.
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I agree with you. If the dimensions were side grain I would eat it up for cored bowls. You could do cored hollowforms the end grain would show on each one.
Cutting blocks for turning is not always easy as eveyone has different uses for each particular block.I coud probably get at least 6 end grain hollow forms from this block and they would show the awesome endgrain as it is
Shipping might hurt on something this green.
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how much do you think it weighs and what would you want for it?
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ill weigh it latter today dean going duck hunting this morning my real job just got home from work. duck
 
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:scare3::scare3: well dean that big sob weighs 130 lbs man thats a heavy but purty chunk. dont know what its worth . you can pm me with an offer if ya want it. or i can dice it up duck
 
davduckman2010 said:
:scare3::scare3: well dean that big sob weighs 130 lbs man thats a heavy but purty chunk. dont know what its worth . you can pm me with an offer if ya want it. or i can dice it up duck
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Wowsers. That's a big blank. It would make for some awesome pieces off the lathe and/or one giant hernia.
 
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sprig said:
davduckman2010 said:
:scare3::scare3: well dean that big sob weighs 130 lbs man thats a heavy but purty chunk. dont know what its worth . you can pm me with an offer if ya want it. or i can dice it up duck
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Wowsers. That's a big blank. It would make for some awesome pieces off the lathe and/or one giant hernia.
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yea i think it gave me one :rofl::rofl: and yes it would make a very nice butcher block type table i have large cants of ambrosia i could make base legs hmmmmm light bulb:blush: iv got an even bigger one to cut out of a larger stump next
 
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