2011 Competition January project ( Pictures)

[chill]

Hi, here is mine

Ash
finished with carnauba and MC wax
230mm x 45mm (9" x 1.75")

 

[Elaine]

Bought the yew blank at the Harrogate Woodworking Show in November. Really wet when i started to to turn it, so turned part way and then put it into a plastic bag which luckily worked. Finished with friction polish then liberon wax.
Dimensions 205mm x 45mm x 6mm

 

[Paul.J]

This is my bowl,made from Elm and the shape is based on one of my earlier bowls (take a look in the critiques page) when i first started turning,but this one is bigger and have took on board some of the comments that were made at the time.
Wall thickness is about 1/4".The foot is concave.
It is 12" dia 6" tall.Finished with Food safe oil,as it will be used as a fruit bowl..

 

[Daven]

Here is my simple offering ;-)

Bit of apple from 9fingers(Bob) cut down last year, still very wet so on advise from here, dried it a bit in microwave, turned a bit and repeat until it got to about 12%.

Finished with BLO and wax. Size is 165mm top of rim x 45mm high

 

[Silverbirch]

Here is my bowl for the January competition.
It`s Zebrano, finished with cellulose sealer and Renaissance Wax.
Size is 150mm diameter by 75mm tall approximately.

Ian

 

[Blister]

My Offering
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13 Inches across and 4 inches high ( not sure what that is in mm's or cm's )
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The wood is bubinga
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Sanded from 120 to 600
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One coat of sanding sealer , de nibbed with webrax , brush off the dust
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One treatment with Woodwax 22 to a high gloss finish
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The top

The bottom

and the side profile :mrgreen:

 

[duncanh]

Sycamore (cored from a larger bowl when wet and left to dry for about 3 years)
26.5cm diameter x 8cm height
Sanded to 400, burnished with shavings, finished with Chestnut Micro Crystalline wax buffed

Duncan

 

[Dust Busker]

Hi all

Hereis my January bowl. I think it's idigbo, 230mm across, 60mm high, made with 3/8" and 1/2" Henry Taylor superflutes, finished with 240 grit and a bit of thinned cellulose sanding sealer.

 

[The Shark]

Hi guys,
Here is my January entry.

It's a bowl I started at Woodturning club, under instruction, and I brought home a bowl with the outside done, but with chucking tenon still intact and internals still to do.
I finished it at home, and took it back in to club this morning to be told it is Idigbo.

It is 1.5" high, 6" across the top, and 2" across the base.

Finished in sanding sealer and m/c wax.







Malc

 

[myturn]

As far as I remember this is birch.

11 inches in diameter and 2.5 inches high.

Faceplate mounted to do the outside and a recess in the bottom (still there :mrgreen: ) then reversed and hollowed all done with a 5/8 bowl gouge then sheer scraped to tidy up my rubbish gouge work. A few coats of sanding sealer then Chestnut Woodwax 22.

 

[johnny.t.]

Heres my January effort

Its made from marbled beech. Its 10" across and 2" high. The finish is cellulose sanding sealer and wax.
Its wide rimmed with an undercut to give the illusion of depth to the inner,the rim therefore would if cut in half have a wedge shape to it, giving the chunky look while retaining the maximum holding capacity.

JT

 

[loz]

Here we go,

Spalted beach 6" x 4" Finish, just sanded and sanding sealer.

Cheers
Loz

 

[Melinda_dd]

Hi everyone, this is my entry for January. I'm quite pleased with it as it is only my 2nd every bowl.

It's made from a Spalted Hornbeam blank I bought from the European Woodworking Show at cressing temple last year.
I did buy a bigger spalted beech blank but think it was a little too big for my tiny lathe (I ended up chasing the lathe round the workshop when it was running!!)

It is 95mm in diameter, and 50mm in height. Made mainly using a spindle gouge as I didn't get to buy a bowl gauge.
I'm very inexperienced in the finishing ways, so it was sanded to 600grit, and then finished with 2 coats of lathe finishing oil, and 2 coats of briwax (I had some drag on it when buffing so when comments aloud I'd like some advice)
I don't really like the spigot left on but again, inexperience stopped me removing or reducing it.

Many thanks to blister, all the judges, and everyone that has made this challenge happen. It's really given me something to think about... just about every minute of the day!!!

 

[Bodrighy]

My offering.

Made from old recycled oak, complete with shakes, splits and worm holes. Hope they are acceptable LOL.
It is 7 1/2" diameter and 3 1/2" tall. Sanded to 400, sealed then sanded again to 1000. Finished with a hard carnuba wax


Pete

 

[dennisk]

My bowl is made of Manitoba Maple burl(box elder) of which there is an abundance on the prairie. They were planted for decoration as well as windbreaks and now a lot of them are dying or need to be taken down. This comes from a bunch of trees I cut down at the local cemetery. The bowl is 13 cm in diameter and 5.5 cm high and a little over 1 mm thick. It is slightly translucent near any light. It is finished with lacquer. Very nice to turn and some of the figuring in these pieces is incredible.

 

[Blister]

Update

44 Entrants

32 have uploaded images ready for Judging

12 remain to upload this includes 3 that were unable to enter this month

so 9 still to upload

Cut off time for uploads is 10 PM tonight

 

[cambournepete]

Here's mine.
It Pau Amerello, approx 6" x 1.5" finished with several applications of Chestnut Woodwax 22 (no sanding sealer first).

<I tried using the white balance on the camera but that didn't do much and my flash doesn't work today >

<side view taken with the bowl on cardboard to show the shape of the foot, with otherwise disappeared into the blanket...>

 

[ro]

Ok:

Made from a spalted (well, rotten really) birch log found out on the forest.

Bowl is 7 inches across by 2.5 high, turned between centres with a bowl gouge then seasoned in the microwave and remounted to a glue block for sanding.

Sanded to 600 grit then sealed with shellac sanding sealer and oiled about 5 times with danish oil.

 

[clk230]

here's my 1st ever bowl 5" x 2.5" , turned useing a face plate then a jam chuck sanded down with 320 then just a couple of coats of beeswax and buffed up.

not sure of the wood any ideas ??

thanks to Blister for organising

best of luck to everyone Oscar

 

[como]

Ok, here's my entry, it's made from bubinga 220 x 55mm. Sanded upto 1000 grit, one coat of sanding sealer, de-nibbed with 000 wire wool and polished with Bison wax paste.