"Because I can." seems to be the ONLY explanation for
why anyone would take a BIG piece of nice burl that large and
use it THAT way. To me, turning a cowboy hat out of wood
seems to be a waste of wood and time but this, to me borders
on being a sin. When you consider how much veneer that piece
could've been - and all the pieces that veneer could have been
used for - this piece seems such a waste. Ranks up there
with Garry/Gary Knox Bennett's 3" thick components claro
walnut ugly "desk" in the Misuse of Fine Wood Competition.
Sad.
charlie b
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> "Because I can." seems to be the ONLY explanation for
> why anyone would take a BIG piece of nice burl that large and
> use it THAT way. To me, turning a cowboy hat out of wood
> seems to be a waste of wood and time but this, to me borders
> on being a sin. When you consider how much veneer that piece
> could've been - and all the pieces that veneer could have been
> used for - this piece seems such a waste. Ranks up there
> with Garry/Gary Knox Bennett's 3" thick components claro
> walnut ugly "desk" in the Misuse of Fine Wood Competition.
>
> Sad.
>
> charlie b
And I wonder if a lathe was used at all. Looks more like a router was used.