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Daniel Poole

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Swamp Kauri box/jar/container
Oct 9^th, 2014 at 6:25pm

This is my first turning that has really come out the way I wanted so I thought I'd share and get some tips. The wood is swamp Kauri which I just found out can only be exported from New Zealand as a finished product, so pretty cool I get to work with it. The inside is a bit rough, but I was struggling to cut it any smoother with the end of the chisel being so far from the tool rest. Finished just with some Linseed oil.

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Bill Rogers Junior Member Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 37 Armstrong British Columbia Canada Gender:	Re: Swamp Kauri box/jar/container Reply #1 - Oct 9^th, 2014 at 8:06pm Very nice good job !!
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Tim Hyatt WR Addict Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 624 Charleston WV West Virginia USA Gender:	Re: Swamp Kauri box/jar/container Reply #2 - Oct 10^th, 2014 at 11:09am they've started marketing it out as a wood product...I picked up a block at WoodCraft last year....haven't been brave enough to put it to the lathe yet... it's supposed to be over several thousand years old, which, as an amateur archeologist, makes it pretty intimidating....
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Len Layman WR Addict Offline What have I got into?? Posts: 3,118 Grand Cayman Cayman Islands Gender: PM 3520b Jet 1220	Re: Swamp Kauri box/jar/container Reply #3 - Oct 10^th, 2014 at 11:42am Nice job Daniel! Tim Hyatt wrote on Oct 10^th, 2014 at 11:09am: over several thousand years old Some of our members remember when that tree fell.
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Reply #4 - Oct 10^th, 2014 at 1:29pm

Daniel Poole wrote on Oct 9^th, 2014 at 6:25pm:

The wood is swamp Kauri which I just found out can only be exported from New Zealand as a finished product

I've purchased some from
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Soft like pine
Love an oil finish

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JimQuarles WR Addict WR Patron Offline WR Rocks, BIG Time! Posts: 13,194 Glendale, AZ Arizona USA Gender:	Re: Swamp Kauri box/jar/container Reply #5 - Oct 10^th, 2014 at 7:16pm Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!! You need to or has been selling blanks for a couple years.
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Daniel Poole WR Noob Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 5	Re: Swamp Kauri box/jar/container Reply #6 - Oct 10^th, 2014 at 8:24pm Did some more research, stump or root material can also be exported. Probably would have been more hesitant to put in on the lathe if I had known more about it beforehand haha.
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Breck Whitworth WR Addict Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 2,227 Gulfport Mississippi USA Gender: PM 3520-B	Re: Swamp Kauri box/jar/container Reply #7 - Oct 10^th, 2014 at 9:30pm Nice box!
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