• May 2025 Turning Challenge: Long Neck Hollowform! (click here for details)
  • Congratulations to Phil Hamel winner of the April 2025 Turning Challenge (click here for details)
  • Congratulations to Dion Wisniewski for "Basketweave" being selected as Turning of the Week for 12 May, 2025 (click here for details)
  • Welcome new registering member. Your username must be your real First and Last name (for example: John Doe). "Screen names" and "handles" are not allowed and your registration will be deleted if you don't use your real name. Also, do not use all caps nor all lower case.
Prev
Red Mallee Burl mirror
Prev
Red and White Topo Mirror
Hackberry Topo Mirror
fake Abalone mirror
Red Mallee Burl mirror
Next
john lucas

Red Mallee Burl mirror

I have had a very small amount of this wood so it's been interesting trying to get the most out of the blank for the mirror body and the handle. The handle is carved into a curve on the bottom and carved to sort of match the raised burl points.
Click to expand...
  • Like
Reactions: Ken Kimbrell, Dave Delo, Bill Boehme and 2 others
Bill Boehme
Beautiful, John. I have had some red male burls for a couple years, not knowing what do with them. After seeing this I think that I have my answer.
 

Media information

Album
Red Mallee burl mirror
Added by
john lucas
Date added
View count
1,326
Comment count
3
Rating
5.00 star(s) 1 ratings

Image metadata

Device
NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5100
Aperture
ƒ/9
Focal length
72.0 mm
Exposure time
1/100 second(s)
ISO
1600
Filename
January mirrors s-1.jpg
File size
90.4 KB
Date taken
Sat, 07 January 2017 7:58 PM
Dimensions
600px x 321px

Share this media

Back
Top