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Hi guys! I did this all today and there is a story behind it so just hold up! Ok here's the story. My teacher got a nice block of Curley maple and wanted to make a judges gravel out of it. He have the project to his "lathe guy" who is pretty good on the lathe. I came in the next day and asked him how it was going and the teacher told me the kid screwd him. He gave me the chunk and it was messed up pretty bad. It was allredy to small and one end was bigger then then the other. So me being the competitive one I am thought. Shucks I can do that! So my search was on. I found a cherry 4X4 that was in TERRIBLE shape the entire thing was cracked and split. Except, for a 5 inch peice in the middle. I jumped on it. My teacher kept explaining to me how this is a difficult project but I really wanted to do this because A. I wanted to prove I could do it and B. I know an auctioneer we go to him almost every Saturday and have become pretty good friends so I figured it would be nice to make him something he could keep. The same auctioneer has sold me almost every single plane I own. He's a great guy. Anyway! I started square and spun it til it was round. Laid out my lines. And then out my details into it. Here is what I got. The teacher was pretty impressed and thought it looked nice. I was pretty surprised that it came out! I was kind of nervous that I would mess something up. So currently I'm sanding it then will spin a nice fancy Handel for it. Let me know what you guys think!!
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