Shot through the heart(wood)

[woodArtz]

A while back while introducing Todd (TV) to the wonderful world of turning, we uncovered a unique piece of metal in a chunk of walnut. Well, I finally finished the "bullet" bowl. It was quite a shock to see that shiny spot spinning around when we first found it. I was thinking... man, it'll take me forever to resharpen my gouge. Thankfully, this bullet and the two others in the interior of the bowl are not jacketed, so they turn quite easy. I guess the lead makes this bowl non-food safe :gar-Bi.

 

[Rob]

Now that is neat.

 

[JackLeg]

Beautiful bowl, Bob. Wonder what caliber it was?
:wsmile:

 

[froglips]

Wow, that is really wild. And another beautiful bowl. I love the flare of the lip.

I guess the tree died of "lead poisoning" <mafia voice>?

Jim

 

[woodArtz]

Beautiful bowl, Bob. Wonder what caliber it was?
:wsmile:

Thanks Reg! I was able to recover one round and it looks roughly like a .30 caliber.

 

[Glennbear]

Beautiful looking bowl, but that must have been one really tough walnut tree if it took three .30 caliber rounds to take it down . :rotflm:

 

[dpanda]

That is neat. I had a cherry board with a bullet about that caliper in it. It is surprising to see a shiny piece of metal in your board when it first comes through the planer!

 

[FredP]

That is neat. I had a cherry board with a bullet about that caliper in it. It is surprising to see a shiny piece of metal in your board when it first comes through the planer!

surprising doesn't begin to describe it!:nah:

 

[TracyP]

Nice bowl, The bullet adds a special character to it

 

[woodArtz]

Thanks e'body!

 

[boxxmaker]

Beautifull bowl,nice story to it also :icon_thum

 

[Dragon]

Nice bowl and the embedded round makes for interesting speculations about how it came to rest there.

I once had a coffee table that I made from a dead 100+ year old oak that I found an old hand-cut iron nail in the the heartwood. It had been in there so long the iron had leached out into the sap and run up and down the tree for so many years it had left a black streak. At first I thought it may have been from a lightening strike or something but when sanding it down I discovered the shiny spot. I finished it with the nail in place and later on it wound up the centerpiece of a friend's abode.

 

[Trent Mason]

That is so cool Bob! :icon_thum Although, if I saw a board with ANY metal in it come through my planer I'd be hopping mad. :kamahlitu

 

[RandyJ]

Beautiful bowl, Bob and what a great conversation piece!

 

[woodArtz]

Thanks guys!