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Cherry HF pic.. for Carole

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Cherry HF pic.. for Carole

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Cherry HF pic.. for Carole

Ken DeMarco

>OK Carol, her is pic of how about half (or so it seems) of my hollow forms end up. this was about 1/3 of the way hollowed when I got a catch, did not see any cracks in the top so I drilled further (too far) and the drill got stuck. trying to unstick the drill I noticed it did indeed crack at the top from where the bar hit on the catch. A little frustrated at this point I smacked it whith some vise grips.. not good enough, threw it across the garage, on the way to pick it up I passed by a hammer, so I did what any resonable person would do. I beat the holy heck out of it until I felt better. After taking a look at it this week, I think it was for the best, the sides are a little too straight anyway. ;^)

Ken DeMarco

finding new ways to enjoy turning in Ohio


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ROFLMAO!

Carole in VA

>I feel better now, Ken! :)

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#3

Thanks for the laugh!

Mike Schwing from Md.

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John Lucas

>Gosh Ken you made me feel better also. I've had long day and I just imagined you beating the you know what out of your piece and it relieved my stress.

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Don Henthorn

>Gee. You could still have made a small vase from it.

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Dave Peebles Lyons, Ohio!

>Hi Carole,

Ken was out to my place today and we discussed this Art piece. :) I got to see it in person.

He said he thought he would post it for you. I said... Great idea!!

I am lucky, most of my "Difficult" pieces go right to the wood stove.:)

Best wishes,

Dave

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echo8287

>I didn't know turning was so Therapeutic,David

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Doug Trembath

>Actually, Ken, I have turned a lot of pieces in that shape, and have to disagree that the sides are too straight, at least from the pic. The curve is pleasing, and it flows well. There is one small area that may be too straight, but on one side of the pic it shows, the other it doesn't, at least to these old eyes. Nice shape, anyway.

I used to have a really bad habit of speaking loudly in strange languages when this type of thing occurred, followed by intense noise as I beat the tar out of the remains with a Jerry Glaser bowl gouge. The wife stopped asking after a while, and tells friends that when she heard that, she already knew what was up, and came to disregard it completely after determining that I wasn't bleeding any more than normal.

I like the hammer idea, though. Kind of like poetic justice, to me.

Finally I had screwed up enough of them to understand it's much better to just remove the offending piece, chuck up another blank, and go for it. It doesn't "satisfy the vandal in all of us", as Richard Raffin says, but it gets a finished piece out the door a lot quicker.

My sympathies, anyway.

Doug Trembath

Studio in the Woods

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Carole in VA

>Dave,

No doubt I am going to have to get a wood stove! I tend to fling delinquent bowls into the woods outside the shop door. Enough have landed there in my short turning career that I figure it could be a problem after a year or so! LOL

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