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    You nailed the bottom but the sides are too straight...
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    Thanks, Hughie, i just think i had to work harder than i should have had to achieve these results. Cottonwood just doesn't take a bead real well so that job was more difficult, plus the inside is straight off the tool in order to keep the crisp edges and there were more fuzzy's than i would have...
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Ornamental Plum Box

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cedar elm hollow vessel

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flowers under glass

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Oakand Walnut inside-out candleholders

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Mesquite Vase

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AAW FALL 2007 CONTEST

AAW FALL 2007 CONTEST

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AAW FALL 2007 CONTEST

AAW FALL 2007 CONTEST

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Shedua box with beaded lid...

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Spalted Yellow Birch NE

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Bigleaf Maple/Ammonite

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Red Alder/Turquoise

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California Laurel (Myrtle)

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Bigleaf Maple Lamp

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Oak double inside-out ornament

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Cherry inside-out candleholders

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Curly Ironwood Hollow Form

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Red Eucalyptus Natural Edge Hollow Form

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