![]() They had wonderful grain but the orientation was such that if I turned a bowl from them the beauty would be gone. Clearly they are a success because they are now part of my wife’s “that’s not leaving the house” collection. ![]() The pieces above were the first in a series I call “Another Man’s Treasure” (because I found the blanks in the “dollar bin” at a local wood supplier… one man’s junk is another man’s treasure). Let’s have a look at one method of creating such a form. Why limit yourself to something that is purely round when you can incorporate many circular elements in your design by using multiple sets of centers? I enjoy creating shapes that look like they were made on anything BUT a lathe. While I always have enjoyed the shapes that are produced on a lathe, I also find using a single center constraining. ![]() Typically things turned on a lathe are round because they are shaped while they rotate around a single center.
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