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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Looks nice Bob. </div><div><br></div>
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On Monday, March 4, 2024 at 07:32:58 PM CST, Robert Patros <rjpatros05@gmail.com> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">After reading the newsletter and Rich’s encouraging commentary, I thought I’d better fess up.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Years ago, in my turning infancy, member Art Ustby showed me his “Shelf of Shame” collection. Art is an expert. These are turnings that don’t “turn” out. I had a shelf of shame but ran out of room.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">In the early years, my biggest problem was going through the bottom of bowls. Until I wised up. Or thought I did. <br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">After turning for 19 years, this walnut bowl sat alone with other failures for about a year. Lately, I thought I’d try to fix it. <br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">John Fisher kindly gave me a piece of spalted maple, so I turned a plug (inside view) and a resulting pedestal. Today, I applied the final coat of finish. Just needs to be buffed and then it’s done. <br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Like Rich said. Don’t give up!!<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Sent from my iPhone_________________________________________<br>Use "Reply to All" or "Reply List" to reach the whole group, "Reply" goes only to sender.<br>______<br>crw-talk mailing list<br><a href="mailto:crw-talk@crwoodturner.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">crw-talk@crwoodturner.com</a><br><a href="http://crwoodturner.com/mailman/listinfo/crw-talk_crwoodturner.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://crwoodturner.com/mailman/listinfo/crw-talk_crwoodturner.com</a><br>Check the archive to make sure your message was sent: <a href="http://crwoodturner.com/pipermail/crw-talk_crwoodturner.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://crwoodturner.com/pipermail/crw-talk_crwoodturner.com/</a><br></div>
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