Yew cannot be serious man!

[Random Orbital Bob]

I'm on a roll tonight...all that blank creating was quite boring so every few hours I couldn't resist it...this was a piece of stray yew that just begged to be made into a bowl. Is it any wonder turners love Yew? Just look at the figure and colour. I've yet to remove the spigot

 

[Spindle]

Hi

That's not yew - Oh no, we've done that one

Very nice - love the shape =D> =D>

Regards Mick

 

[Harry 48]

Well Bob you are certainly on a roll great job =D> =D> =D>

 

[Grahamshed]

Now you are just rubbing noses in it ar'nt you
Just look at the spider webbing on it. Absolutely beautiful.

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

Yeah sorry Graham...I've been up to my armpits in blanks and I've gone a little mad I think. (Still haven't done the priest yet mind)

Very funny Mick.....I can swear on the bible that its yew

 

[paulm]

Lovely piece of timber Rob

Cheers, Paul

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

Thanks Paul

 

[Dalboy]

Yew will not get the wood pile sorted at this rate you keep stopping to have so much fun.

Nearly forgot to say good job on the bowl

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

That's it Dal....you cut a log up....open up fresh grain...realise its a stunner and just end up sticking it on the lathe. I literally cant resist it

 

[procell]

Love that. Now I am even more impatient to get at the Yew logs I picked up last month.

 

[Grahamshed]

I thought you were only allowed to turn this stuff at christmas !! (Yewl)

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

Bit early for you is it Graham

 

[Grahamshed]

Aye. Not had my second cup of tea yet

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

Just put mine out Now where's that chainsaw sharpener...

 

[Vic Perrin]

Lovely looking piece. I think Yew is my favourite timber you can never guess what the end result will be as the pattern changes with every cut.

Vic

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

Thanks Vic, most kind. It is glorious timber isn't it. I like spindle pieces with Yew where you deliberately go in and out of the heart and sapwood

 

[winemaker]

Very nice

 

[EnErY]

That looks very nice bob I agree yew is The nicest wood the full effects that the grain produces gives full satisfaction when turned full marks again go to the top of the class =D> =D> =D> wonderful display as always
regards
Bill

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

Very kind Bill

 

[DonJohnson]

At a fair once where a stallholder showed a large piece of yew, but claimed that he had not been 'un-sustainable' by cutting down the source tree. He said that during the big gales some years ago, a beech tree had been blown over, and it in turn had uprooted the yew as it fell.

So I said, "Goes to prove that old adage!"

He said, "Which one?"

I said, "Life's a beech, and then yew die!"

He groaned!