Fred, simply amazing! This whole thread has been a great story.fredsheldon wrote:I was shocked when the chip and dip bowl I donated to our annual Christmas Auction to raise money for some local folks in need sold for $251. Trying to pry $20 out of these State workers is almost unheard of so to watch the bidding war for the bowl reach $250 was very gratifying. You should have seen the expression on the faces of the 20 office mates that I gave bowls to later in the day. Good thing I have an RV since I have 18 more bowls in bags to hand out to family members here in New Orleans on Christmas Day along with all the other presents and luggage we had to pack. I guess this will be my last posting on this thread. I will be starting a new thread documenting my progress with my next year's project, Bandsaw Jewelry Boxes.
Thanks for all your posts.
steve
) say that over half of my bowls that I turned from green wet wood had developed movement/cracks as they dried. However, I would always prefer to turn wet wood over dry wood if I had a choice. It is 10 times faster and your tools keep much cooler and don't require sharpening as often. I do have enough left over logs to turn another 15 bowls that have been drying for almost a year now so next year I will probably be using dry wood for any future bowls I turn. I will then see how my Carbide tools hold up to dry wood.
