Found Wood Christmas Bell

I intended to make a 'Wood From My Garden' bell but had too many disasters. So, I wanted another theme and went for a 'Found Wood Bell'. The handle is Apple from a farm at Loughgall, the apple centre of Ireland, the bell is Laburnum from prunings at Portadown Golf Club and the clapper is an exotic I found in a dumpster at the College where I went to turning classes. The clapper is functional and is connected to the handle with 2 brass screw eyes. This is my first ever bell.

Height 6", max width 2".

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Brendan McAreavy

Registered: September 2008
Location: Ireland
Posts: 586

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Date: Sat December 19, 2009
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Keywords: found wood christmas bell

Comments

Chuck Beland

Bre,
Very well done I love it. you did good. Thumbs Up!

#1 Sat December 19, 2009 11:20pm

Makepeace

Leo Makepeace

Very nice Brendan, I agree u did gud !!!!!

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

#2 Sat December 19, 2009 11:24pm

Ed Weber

Looks good, great minds think alike.

#3 Sat December 19, 2009 11:39pm

David Hamann

nice form, good color, overall

good job Thumbs Up!

David Hamann [papadave] ** http://www.nanapapa99.com **

#4 Sun December 20, 2009 12:19am

Mark Damron

Brendan, I like the theme you picked for this bell. Very nice!

#5 Sun December 20, 2009 12:41am

Don Leydens

Don Leydens

Very nice shape Bren! Well done. You sure do get around don't you?
Lovely piece.
Don L.

#6 Sun December 20, 2009 12:50am

Rev. Doug Miller

Rev. Doug Miller

And you were worried that it wasn't going to turn out looking like anything. Very nice looking piece. Somebody's going to have a very nice bell on their tree next year. 8-)

#7 Sun December 20, 2009 1:36am

Bob Hamilton

Looks great, Brendan!

#8 Sun December 20, 2009 12:10pm

Brendan McAreavy

Guys,

Thank you for your kind compliments. I loved this challenge and learned a lot.

#9 Tue December 22, 2009 10:46am

Don Andrews

NICE

an innovative idea Brendan, Well done

Don

#10 Thu December 24, 2009 5:57pm

Brendan McAreavy

Thank you Don.

#11 Fri December 25, 2009 1:49am