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Bewdy Burl

This oblong Coolibah Burl was better suited as an elliptical turning than a mill blank so my wife Alison suggested I turn the burl chunk on the Oval Device. Finished with Yorkshire Grit and wax. The overall finished size is 21" X 14" X 3.25" with an elliptical bowl size of 12" X 8" X 1.5" and 3 carved feet. This was turned using the Vicmarc VOD 300 on the outboard side of the lathe. This piece was a bit of a challenge as the VOD manual recommends the total weight of the chuck or faceplate with jigs and the workpiece be under 5kg, the finished piece weighs 5.1 kg
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Michael McNally
Wow. So nice. Do you turn the ellipse on a lathe?! I did not know this was even possible.
 
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Michael McNally
Holy smokes that is so cool. I love the finished forms. Thank you for sharing. I wend to check out some YouTube videos on the use of VOD 300. Amazing device. Looking back at your bewdy burl bowl one would love to have a go at this chuck!
 
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Michael McNally said:
Holy smokes that is so cool. I love the finished forms. Thank you for sharing. I wend to check out some YouTube videos on the use of VOD 300. Amazing device. Looking back at your bewdy burl bowl one would love to have a go at this chuck!
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thank you Michael, the VOD is a very well built device, tricky to learn how to use but well worth the time
 
Matt Meadows
This is seriously beautiful.

I have a 13" wide mallee burl that resembles this, you're inspiring me to do something with it. I won't be able to do it elliptical but I could still go roundyroundy.

Do you have a pic of the underside?
 
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Matt Meadows said:
This is seriously beautiful.

I have a 13" wide mallee burl that resembles this, you're inspiring me to do something with it. I won't be able to do it elliptical but I could still go roundyroundy.

Do you have a pic of the underside?
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Thank you Matt, this one has 3 carved feet due to the burl shape I couldn't turn a foot without loosing too much wood, I will try to paste a pic. A round off center bowl would look just as awesome. try this link to my instagram post as I cant seem to post a pic.

View: https://www.instagram.com/p/C0sZf3oJnEk/?img_index=1
 

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