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Oak Crotch Platter
George Guadiane

Oak Crotch Platter

This platter is going to a friend who builds wheelchairs for people in third world countries.
He gave me this piece of oak and another pretty much like it. He gets the wood from various sources and hands it out to his woodturning and F**t board friends... We then take some of that wood and make something to give back to him, then he sells the pieces we give back on behalf of the charity (sorry, I don't know the name).
Charlie (my friend) builds bicycles one day a week for under privileged children and wheelchairs one day a week. Once a month he goes out and collects wood donations from various sources and takes it to his meetings to spread out among us.
Charlie is a good friend and a personal hero.
This platter is 13 inches in diameter by one inch high, oil sanded to 400 and finished with microcrystaline wax.
As always, All Comments, Critiques and/or Questions Welcome.
Beautiful turning. You caught the crotch figure perfectly...and we need more heros like Charlie.
Dale
 
Great platter George. I think you may have left out an important aspect of Charlie's "situation". Care to fill us in ?
 
Thanks Guys,
Yes Don, I suppose that it is important to say that this guy who works so hard to help others, including teaching college level courses on Disabled Living is in a wheelchair himself.
Wood worker, wood turner, past president of CNEW (Central New England Woodturners), a guy to admire
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OH, and world Class Ladies Man!
 

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