A Few New

Re: Other side. . .

Mark Mandell - Gone Round In Jersey

>With Color in the Core.

Re: A Few New

Mark Mandell - Gone Round In Jersey

>Spalted Ambrosia Maple about 8"x 6" finish is Waterlox again

Re: Other Side

Mark Mandell - Gone Round In Jersey

>Color is pretty accurate.

Have gotten the neck down to 3/4" (I'll get it to chinese finger trap yet!)

Comments welcome

Re: Last One

Mark Mandell - Gone Round In Jersey

>Knarley Walnut 6x4 finish is 6 applications of dewaxed shellac the carefully sand blasted to mat with a touch here & there with 100 grit.

Re: Last One

Mike Schwing from Md.

>All are nice. This one is my favorite. Good choice for the matte finish.

Really nice turnings you have here!

Ron in Drums PA

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Gerry Meekins

>I like them all Mark. Bet it smelled pretty good when you were hollowing the sassafras! I'm with Mike on my favorite,the Knarley Walnut looks great with the finish you used.

Gerry

I like this ones form but not

Pete Lamberty

>I really would like to see this one done in a wood that is fairly plain. So that the form is what one notices instead of the wood. I like the opening on this one much more than the others. I also like the fact that the widest part is in the top third where the others have a more symetrical shape, top to bottom.

Re: Thanks

Mark Mandell - Gone Round In Jersey

>Yup, the Sassafras beats the snot out of the poo-pouree |;-}}.

Got a bunch of that walnut (even after the 5-Barns Swap); just have to remember how to spell "Gnarled".

Mark

Re: This One's Form

Mark Mandell - Gone Round In Jersey

>Morning Pete,

Difference between jar and vase forms. Jars lend themselves to to the necks that I'm most interested in at this point.

The voids and inclusions do make the process more interesting; especially since I work freehand.

Mark

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Those are both very nice. Great work 

Randy

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Thnaks, Randy

Mark Mandell - Gone Round In Jersey

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Thanks, Ron

Mark Mandell - Gone Round In Jersey

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Re: Last One

Mark Mandell - Gone Round In Jersey

>This matt, kind of smokey treatment seems to do well with the lot of walnut I have; evokes a feeling of "age." This wood does have widely differing densities, however, which is why I tried the blaster to get an even texture. Still had to go back to the paper when some of the "summer" grain, the sapwood, and especially the bark inclusions eroded too easily.

Thanks for the comment.

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Glenn Hodges

>I like um all

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Jennifer@Indy.USA

>Hi Mark,

I really like all of these. My favorite has to be the walnut one though. I love the knotty spot on it and the contrast in color with the sap wood. Very lovely all of them! Thanks for posting them for us.

Jennifer

Re: Thanks &

Mark Mandell - Gone Round In Jersey

>You're welcome |;-}

I got about 50' of this "g"narled stuff that I'll keep chippin away at. Problem is the Boss is not all that fond of walnut . . . .

Thanks for the comments.

Mark

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Oh Yeah

Harvey Bernstein (Philly)

>All look great. That spalted Sassafras is really exceptional.

Harvey

Re: Oh Yeah

Mark Mandell - Gone Round In Jersey

>Thankee fer them kind words, Harvey. We still have to figger a time for you to come up here and see them in person.

Mark

Re: Oh Yeah

Harvey Bernstein (Philly)

>Mark,

I've been working on it, but

like Rosanne Rosannadanna said,

"it's always something"