Turning of the week for February 26, 2024

[odie]

This outstanding Eastern Red Cedar Bowl by @David Wyke is my choice for this week's turning of the week. When Mother Nature's contributions are this good, it's best to let them be the focus of the turning, and David did a great job of highlighting them.

Eastern Red Cedar

Eastern Red Cedar natural edge 11-1/4” x 8”

www.aawforum.org

 

[Gabriel Hoff]

Congrats @David Wyke ! The natural wave like form and smooth shiny finish is definitely appealing!

 

[Lou Currier]

How does the turning of the week work?

 

[David Wyke]

This outstanding Eastern Red Cedar Bowl by @David Wyke is my choice for this week's turning of the week. When Mother Nature's contributions are this good, it's best to let them be the focus of the turning, and David did a great job of highlighting them.

Eastern Red Cedar

Eastern Red Cedar natural edge 11-1/4” x 8”

www.aawforum.org

Thank you Odie! This was a fun piece to turn and was able to get several out of the log.

 

[David Wyke]

Congrats @David Wyke ! The natural wave like form and smooth shiny finish is definitely appealing!

Thank you!!

 

[David Wyke]

How does the turning of the week work?

I have no idea

 

[Brian Gustin]

How does the turning of the week work?

The TOTW team selects the photo from the member's gallery (the row of photos across the top on main page) all you have to do to be considered is post your work to the gallery.

 

[Michael Anderson]

Nice choice, Odie. Congrats on the feature, David! ERC can be somewhat temperamental. You did a great job wrangling it with this fantastic bowl. Looking forward to seeing some of the others from the same log. Cheers!

 

[Michael Anderson]

How does the turning of the week work?

Just to expand on what Brian said, each week’s featured turning is selected by one specific team member. The turning is also featured via the Facebook/Instagram AAW page, as well as in the email newsletter, for the general public and/or AAW members to see. Each team member has their own personal criteria, but all make solid, well-justified decisions. It is usually a very challenging decision to choose a featured turning, as there are so many worthy candidates. And, generally you can only be chosen for a the Turning of the Week once every three months.

 

[Lou Currier]

Just to expand on what Brian said, each week’s featured turning is selected by one specific team member. The turning is also featured via the Facebook/Instagram AAW page, as well as in the email newsletter, for the general public and/or AAW members to see. Each team member has their own personal criteria, but all make solid, well-justified decisions. It is usually a very challenging decision to choose a featured turning, as there are so many worthy candidates. And, generally you can only be chosen for a the Turning of the Week once every three months.

Thank you

 

[David Wyke]

Nice choice, Odie. Congrats on the feature, David! ERC can be somewhat temperamental. You did a great job wrangling it with this fantastic bowl. Looking forward to seeing some of the others from the same log. Cheers!

Thank you Michael! ERC is brittle when you get to thin so sharp tool, easy touch, and a little luck helps
Here is a couple of the others

 

[Tom Gall]

Congratulations on your first TOTW, David. Very nice! Love the look of the undulating natural edge forms of ERC ... always so different. Be sure to wear PAPR when turning the stuff.

 

[David Wyke]

Congratulations on your first TOTW, David. Very nice! Love the look of the undulating natural edge forms of ERC ... always so different. Be sure to wear PAPR when turning the stuff.

Thank you, and I always wear PAPR, dust is not good.

 

[Tom Gall]

Thank you, and I always wear PAPR, dust is not good.

Good to hear. A member of our club turned ERC almost exclusively for as long as I had known him, and I believe he only wore paper face masks (not positive about that). One day he came to a meeting trying to sell a lot of his tools. He recently found out he had Stage 4 lung cancer - he only lasted 2-3 weeks after that. Not sure about the correlation with ERC dust (all dust is bad), but ......?

 

[David Wyke]

Good to hear. A member of our club turned ERC almost exclusively for as long as I had known him, and I believe he only wore paper face masks (not positive about that). One day he came to a meeting trying to sell a lot of his tools. He recently found out he had Stage 4 lung cancer - he only lasted 2-3 weeks after that. Not sure about the correlation with ERC dust (all dust is bad), but ......?

I usually put on the 3M face mask and looking to get the 3M ventilator, saving up for it now. Summer time I have the mask on, door raised and two fans blowing the dust away from me and out the door

 

[Darryl Fective]

Good choice, nice work!

 

[David Wyke]

Good choice, nice work!

Thank you!

 

[John Vaeth]

I generally don't like turning cedar due to its temperamental nature but you have don't a fantastic job with this piece. Love the sapwood top!

 

[David Wyke]

I generally don't like turning cedar due to its temperamental nature but you have don't a fantastic job with this piece. Love the sapwood top!

Thank you! Cedar does present some challenges sometimes.

 

[Dimitris Psilopatis]

It is a piece that entered my heart from the first moment I saw it! Congratulations!

 

[David Wyke]

It is a piece that entered my heart from the first moment I saw it! Congratulations!

Thank you!!

 

[Dan Blankenberg]

Beautiful piece! Well done!