Box elder and duno ornament.

The whole thing is about 9" long. The globe is hollowed and is about three inches in diameter. Finished with lacquer and buffed with paste wax.

I was going to do a birdhouse but I did one last year. I had several picked out but in the end, I went with this globe.

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Robert_Harper

Registered: December 2009
Location: Sandy, Utah, USA
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Date: Sun November 20, 2011
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Keywords: christmas ornament

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Dirk Hoogendoorn

Hoogy's Photos

Really nice form Robert, is that I dunno wood a local species just native to Utah?

Just messing with wood

#1 Mon November 21, 2011 1:16pm

Robert_Harper

It was from a tree that was outside the school that my wife works at. The tore down the old building to make way for a new one. This was from one of three stumps I picked up. I'm not sure what tree it is but I don't think it is native. It did make some nice bowls though. Some of the wood looked very much like oak, smelled a bit like oak. I have some of the wood that had a pinkish tint to it that made some really nice looking birdhouses too.

The the wood for the globe came from wood very close to a burl so it has some interesting figure on one side. I found it rummaging through waste scraps making blanks for birdhouses.

Sorry the picture is so terrible. I'll maybe have to try again. These light colors on light backgrounds don't so up well for the camera's auto focuse and the manual focus is hard to use.

I should "borrow" my daughter's camera more often.

Live long, love lots, and turn fast.

#2 Mon November 21, 2011 2:14pm

Makepeace

Leo Makepeace

looking good Robert, nice job !! Thumbs Up!

Ruining lots of good wood to get a few average bits.

#3 Mon November 21, 2011 6:49pm

David Hamann

nice.

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#4 Tue November 22, 2011 4:45am