Oak bowl with bead/band

[johnny.t.]

Heres the result of todays shed adventure, an oak bowl. Its 7 1/2" wide and 3" tall. Its sanded down to 600.This still has a bit of moisture to it and I put extra wax on to try and slow the drying out, in the hope it won't crack.



What do you think?

cheers JT

 

[greggy]

very nice johnny, thats it i am going in the shed. :lol: :lol:

 

[Jenx]

Aye. me too.
I cant take it -- all these great turnings being posted, and me sitting 'purporting' to be working... thats it, the bike is getting reversed out, the heater's going on, and I'm "goin bowlin"

Very nice yet again JT ... Its a shape I am keen on, having done a couple very similar, one in Lacewood and one in Purpleheart.
I like the 'wee beed' on them, acts like a "handle".. somewhere to place the old fingers when carring the bowl.

Its a winner, once again!

8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)

 

[loz]

Thats wood is nice, love the flecks on the outside.

Is the inside mostly flat at the bottom or is it just my pc ?

 

[mikec]

I'm going mental :evil:

All this lovely stuff on the forum and I'm stuck at work :evil: :x

Roll on retirement

Mike C

 

[CHJ]

Well finished once again johnny, has a robust look to it, would like to see another of similar proportions with a slimmer bead and a reverse turned base (disguised socket) for comparison.

 

[Paul.J]

Nicely shaped bowl JT,and i like the fleck in the grain,but would agree with Chas about the size of bead.But again just my view.

 

[johnny.t.]

Thanks for replies ,

Chas, I guess I should reverse turn the base but to do so I think I should leave a spigot on the bottom to use whilst turning instead of a socket as I like the foot to have a small contact area.Do you think leaving just a socket as I have spoils the appearance of the piece?

Paul, I made the bead big and bold looking(and highlighted with the burn lines) to match the heaviness of the bowl,I have left the sides quite thick, its the sort of thing you know you've got hold of :lol: I'll try a lighter bead on another one,when I make this style again

Thanks for the input, JT

 

[CHJ]

.......Do you think leaving just a socket as I have spoils the appearance of the piece?

As a user piece it matters not and lets face it, it can't be seen; but most people even non turners turn an item over to look, I personally think the removal of any obvious holding method immediately promotes your work to a different level.

.....I guess I should reverse turn the base but to do so I think I should leave a spigot on the bottom to use whilst turning instead of a socket as I like the foot to have a small contact area.

The choice of spigot or socket to a large extent (assuming strength is not a factor) is immaterial as long as you visualise how much material you need to leave for final blending and shape your base accordingly.
These were all turned on a socket and enough material left to blend it out and form a rim or shallow bead.
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[Bodrighy]

If you don't wish to emove as Chas had done you can highlight it with beqads, grooves etc and make a feature of it.

Pete

 

[Vulthoom]

Very nice bowl - love the bead rim.


As Bodrighy said about the foot - add a bit of decoration to it, grooves,
dome the middle etc. like this sort of thing:-

I would like to say it's artistic expression but....
the truth is it's easier than reversing the bow and re-turning

 

[johnny.t.]

As a user piece it matters not and lets face it, it can't be seen; but most people even non turners turn an item over to look, I personally think the removal of any obvious holding method immediately promotes your work to a different level.

Point taken , I guess its just easy to do it like I did. I would have to leave a spigot because as I said I like small bases, the only down side of that is it wastes more precious wood .

Here is one of my previous bowls where I did leave a spigot then reverse mount, just to show what I mean about a small base.


JT

 

[johnny.t.]

Cheers V. I really like the big bead too

JT

 

[Bodrighy]

Another option is to make the recess but have it in a rim and then cut the rim back to leave small feet (3 is better for stability)

Pete