Turned a log from a log...

The wife was not impressed but I'm very happy with it. Now it is ready to be made into something and I got the chance to really work on a chunk of wood.

Its Aspen and the finished log is 5.5" round.

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Nice, what size knot you planning on putting in it? :D

Wow, i've never attempted to turn something that large. (Was it a bit scary?) what are your plans for it?

It had some vibration for sure. But even when it was round it still had vibration. Guessing from the density of the wood as it did have a couple limbs sticking out when i started that had to be cut first.

130mm knot should work just right. I figure to cut it into 3 pieces so that when im ready i will have material for some bowls to turn. But we will see what life brings. I just wanted to hack up a log to see what happens. Today I have plans on a brush but its too hard to tell right now what today will bring.

I'm thinking something on the lines like this :D
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Didn't Pixelfixed once make a 38mm brush for Shaquille O'Neal?

Yes he did

I never knew Bill turned that!
Super cool!

You know, in going back through every page of the Brushmakers Alcove archives to see what I can learn, nearly all of Bill's threads were titled something like "Fiddle Fartin' Around," "Dinkin' Around"-stuff like that. And then you scroll down and see beautiful works of art, often incorporating numerous natural elements as was his style. The man was an artist who left behind the best of himself in his many brushes. They often show up in the SOTD's too.

I need to check that out!
Boy, if I could find a huge Fu----- knot I'd make one hell of a brush for the fun of it. That Rooney is cool! The only issue I see is the weight of the thing. Two handed and you would need to make lather fast as you couldn't hold it up for very long. Oh, And/or the bowl you would need to make lather!

Andrew the Giant would have trouble with that brush-imagine how much of your expensive soaps that bad boy would plow through!