Last month I was delighted to be able to host here in Sarasota, fellow Woodchuck Tom Dunne and his wife Sarah. They were on a “getaway” trip from their winter home in New Orleans during Mardi Gras! Also visiting other friends in Florida, it was wonderful to have them for a few days! In addition to showing them around Sarasota a little, Tom got to spend some time in my shop. He had brought a gorgeous chunk of claro walnut that he wanted to finish and add a rim to.

Pic #306 shows him at the lathe working on this. I donated some nicely figured curly maple for this and also showed
him how to do a three cornered bowl using a multi-axis technique. The three pictures below show the walnut bowl with curly maple rim, the three corner maple bowl, and a cherry laurel bowl he made from a blank I gave him. He did it the right way, once turning it to minimize the cracking risk inherent with cherry laurel. All nice pieces, Tom! Thanks!
Visitors are always welcome at  “Skunk Hollow South”!! Don’t hesitate!!

Russ Fellows

Last modified: June 10, 2018