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Bruce L Jones Senior Member Offline One Day At A Time Posts: 261 Baltimore, MD Maryland USA Gender:	Poseidon's Platter Jan 17^th, 2019 at 12:02pm "Poseidon's Platter" This piece is 14 1/2" D X 9 1/2" tall. The center is White Oak the Scalloped edge is segmented Walnut, the Dolphins are also Walnut. The Walnut base is turned, cut & carved plus I added three hand carved Sea Horses that are mounted at the tail. If anyone wants me to explain any part of this piece please just ask. Bruce
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Ed Weber WR Administrator WR Patron Offline Posts: 8,940 Wilton California USA Gender: JET 1642 Grizzly G0584	Re: Poseidon's Platter Reply #1 - Jan 17^th, 2019 at 2:02pm Bruce L Jones wrote on Jan 17^th, 2019 at 12:02pm: Ed Weber Is there a reason I can't post photos here anymore? No reason that I'm aware of BUT If you attach a photo and then use the preview feature before you post, the photo will not show up. Simply a <200kb file and post
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Bruce L Jones Senior Member Offline One Day At A Time Posts: 261 Baltimore, MD Maryland USA Gender:	Re: Poseidon's Platter Reply #2 - Jan 17^th, 2019 at 3:11pm Thank you Ed I think I know what I'm doing wrong.
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Ed Weber WR Administrator WR Patron Offline Posts: 8,940 Wilton California USA Gender: JET 1642 Grizzly G0584	Re: Poseidon's Platter Reply #3 - Jan 17^th, 2019 at 8:11pm C&C?
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Bruce L Jones Senior Member Offline One Day At A Time Posts: 261 Baltimore, MD Maryland USA Gender:	Re: Poseidon's Platter Reply #4 - Jan 17^th, 2019 at 9:13pm Yes C&C always Ed.
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Re: Poseidon's Platter
Reply #5 - Jan 17^th, 2019 at 10:07pm

I like the whole piece except for the rim (pie crust) and I may have used different woods.
I would think the rim would look better if it were either assembled using grain following technique or assembled using some joint other than a straight butt joint.
Everything else on the piece flows nicely except the abrupt joint in the rim. JMO
Your carving skills keep getting better from the pieces you've shown here, nice job.

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Rob Grindler Senior Member Offline Posts: 302 kelowna British Columbia Canada Gender:	Re: Poseidon's Platter Reply #6 - Jan 18^th, 2019 at 2:33pm Wow just Wow that is beautiful, well done and nice finish on the piece.
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Re: Poseidon's Platter
Reply #7 - Jan 18^th, 2019 at 5:28pm

Ed Weber wrote on Jan 17^th, 2019 at 10:07pm:

I like the whole piece except for the rim (pie crust) and I may have used different woods.
I would think the rim would look better if it were either assembled using grain following technique or assembled using some joint other than a straight butt joint.
Everything else on the piece flows nicely except the abrupt joint in the rim. JMO
Your carving skills keep getting better from the pieces you've shown here, nice job.

Thank you for your input Ed I haven't had anyone comment on the segmented seams, this is how I do all my segment seams.

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Re: Poseidon's Platter
Reply #8 - Jan 18^th, 2019 at 5:34pm

Rob Grindler wrote on Jan 18^th, 2019 at 2:33pm:

Wow just Wow that is beautiful, well done and nice finish on the piece. Thumbs Up

Thank you very much Rob I realized I never mentioned the finish, Because of the heavy White Oak grain I sand sealed 4 coats sanding w/ 220 between coats then rattle can mat Lacquer about 5 coats. the base and Dolphins and base the same but Gloss Lacquer.

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Ed Weber WR Administrator WR Patron Offline Posts: 8,940 Wilton California USA Gender: JET 1642 Grizzly G0584	Re: Poseidon's Platter Reply #9 - Jan 18^th, 2019 at 9:06pm Bruce L Jones wrote on Jan 18^th, 2019 at 5:28pm: Thank you for your input Ed I haven't had anyone comment on the segmented seams, this is how I do all my segment seams. A curved joint or continuous grain would give it more of a water flowing feel, JMO
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Re: Poseidon's Platter
Reply #10 - Jan 20^th, 2019 at 1:33pm

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It's my honor to be able to pick the next Turning of the Week. This was much harder than I thought it would be, with all the extremely talented tuners in this group. After a long and hard look I've decided to pick "Poseidon's Platter Too" by Bruce Jones as the next turning of the week. Every time I scroll up to it I can't help but to zoom in on all the pictures and become mesmerized by all the detail that was put into this piece. The platter, which was done first, is a piece of art in itself. The separate base really raises this piece to a whole new level. While the piece as shown in the photos is amazing, I can only imagine the amount of detail that can be seen in person. Congratulations Bruce, this is a piece to be proud of!

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Ben Goeller Active Member Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 229	Re: Poseidon's Platter Reply #11 - Jan 21^st, 2019 at 7:54am LOVE it!!!
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Bruce L Jones Senior Member Offline One Day At A Time Posts: 261 Baltimore, MD Maryland USA Gender:	Re: Poseidon's Platter Reply #12 - Jan 21^st, 2019 at 1:56pm Thank you very much Ben!
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