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[Doug B]

Something a little rustic & very different for me an emerging vase from Yew branch wood, finished with acrylic lacquer

 

[Katomi woodsmith]

I like the two tone finish, I am looking at a bowl from a broken branch. I have seen the post here somewhere and it has given me ideas

 

[pat from Marck]

Something a little rustic & very different for me an emerging vase from Yew branch wood, finished with acrylic lacquer View attachment 189115

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Fabulous

 

[Mimmo89]

Here is my first (successful) natural edge bowl, pretty pleased with it despite a few areas of tear out (which are barely noticeable unlike in the pictures).
I didn't dare going any thinner due to my previous failed attempt.

Lovely grain, not entirely sure of the type of oak; the log came from an evergreen tree, if it helps.

 

[Katomi woodsmith]

I see some very nice work there. The grain on that is very clear.
I have finished a hard wood bowl. This wood was from over an old open fire that I reclaimed/recycled
No bowl is the same each has a different style/finish or wood type

 

[pat from Marck]

Here is my first (successful) natural edge bowl, pretty pleased with it despite a few areas of tear out (which are barely noticeable unlike in the pictures).
I didn't dare going any thinner due to my previous failed attempt.

Lovely grain, not entirely sure of the type of oak; the log came from an evergreen tree, if it helps.


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Lovely job really has the home craft feel make me think of a squirrel eaten giant hazelnut

 

[Stigmorgan]

Here is my first (successful) natural edge bowl, pretty pleased with it despite a few areas of tear out (which are barely noticeable unlike in the pictures).
I didn't dare going any thinner due to my previous failed attempt.

Lovely grain, not entirely sure of the type of oak; the log came from an evergreen tree, if it helps.


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That's beautiful mate, you could have gone thinner but no need really, the trick to thin walls is to do it in sections of about an inch at a time, get it to the thickness you want and move on, once you move on don't return to the top no matter how tempting it is to do a final pass, the wood will be moving as it spins and that's a very common cause of explosions on bowls, damhik

 

[pat from Marck]

The cherry bowl saga
After a break from the work shop over the weekend its given me the boost I needed to start over with the bits that were curing in the garage. First up was the big bowl A quick return to get rid of the excess epoxy then sanded and finished. Flipped over and did the base. Reapeated again for the small plateand that was that for the day.

 

[Stigmorgan]

The cherry bowl saga
After a break from the work shop over the weekend its given me the boost I needed to start over with the bits that were curing in the garage. First up was the big bowl View attachment 189231View attachment 189232View attachment 189233A quick return to get rid of the excess epoxy then sanded and finished. Flipped over and did the base. Reapeated again for the small plateView attachment 189234View attachment 189235View attachment 189236and that was that for the day.

Looking amazing

 

[pat from Marck]

Cherry burl saga
Today redid the goblet but had some wood come out on the inside. To rectify this in went coffe granules and ca glue after that turned my attention to the small lidded bowl after finishing the lid reshaped the outside two get rid of the excess glue then hollowed out the centre then turn fitted the lid. The undeside of the lid and the bowl then got treated with fixums and the same with the small bowl. The large odd shaped bowl came next. Removing the centre stability but I'd left in for the tail stock stability continued to refine the shape till happy. Then treated with fixum. all left on a tray to cure overnight. Tommorow lots of sanding and finishing. Very happy the way the small bowl lid turned out in the end fingers crossed no dramas with the little bowl tomorrow.

 

[Stigmorgan]

Had a plumber in doing some work in the boiler room today, one of the inline filters needed replacing, as he threw it to one side I looked at it and thought it would make a really good tool so brought it to the makerspace and used a wire wheel to clean it up, have a look for yourselves, do you see a tool?








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Not sure what I'll use for the smashy bits, my oak isn't dry enough and will probably move/split, I have a stick of ebony but not sure its big enough to get a good diameter, all my other stuff is too soft or too pale, I want it to contrast with the Beech and brass.

 

[pat from Marck]

Had a plumber in doing some work in the boiler room today, one of the inline filters needed replacing, as he threw it to one side I looked at it and thought it would make a really good tool so brought it to the makerspace and used a wire wheel to clean it up, have a look for yourselves, do you see a tool?
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Not sure what I'll use for the smashy bits, my oak isn't dry enough and will probably move/split, I have a stick of ebony but not sure its big enough to get a good diameter, all my other stuff is too soft or too pale, I want it to contrast with the Beech and brass.

Are you making a judges gavel

 

[Stigmorgan]

Are you making a judges gavel

Something like that

 

[kinverkid]

Had a plumber in doing some work in the boiler room today, one of the inline filters needed replacing, as he threw it to one side I looked at it and thought it would make a really good tool so brought it to the makerspace and used a wire wheel to clean it up, have a look for yourselves, do you see a tool?
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Not sure what I'll use for the smashy bits, my oak isn't dry enough and will probably move/split, I have a stick of ebony but not sure its big enough to get a good diameter, all my other stuff is too soft or too pale, I want it to contrast with the Beech and brass.

I can send you some more ebony. Do you know what size you need?

 

[Stigmorgan]

I can send you some more ebony. Do you know what size you need?

That would be greatly appreciated, I'm thinking I'd want the finished size at around 50mm diameter so a blank around 60x60x150 should be enough for what I have in mind, let me know what I owe you for it.

 

[pat from Marck]

The cherry burl saga
Today was a big win for me, concentrated on the goblet a quick repolish and then a gentle scrap inside to flaten out the coffee and ca glue fillers only to have more wood come outright next to the original hole. Thought at this rate I'll be coming through the walls of the goblet. I needed a different approach, i have some water base wood filler. Its in powder form one scoop of that with one scoop of coffee granules for colour matching mixed up into a pastethen applied, the goblet left to set during this time I set to sanding the odd shaped bowl. This has to be done by hand for the most part. Once the goblet was dry inside sanded and finished. After two breaks on the stem and all the breakouts on the inside the out come has made me quiet chuffed.

 

[Katomi woodsmith]

Very nice indeed it’s so frustrating when thing goes wrong.
I have just finished two sm hardwood bowls
The third one .... I am about to throw in the bin. No mater what I do with it .. it is still out of balance.

 

[pat from Marck]

Very nice indeed it’s so frustrating when thing goes wrong.
I have just finished two sm hardwood bowls
The third one .... I am about to throw in the bin. No mater what I do with it .. it is still out of balance.

Thank you, as a thought if you are suffering out of balance on your last bowl before starting another piece check to make sure your tail and head stocks are aligned

 

[Katomi woodsmith]

Two other blanks have become nice bowls, I will look at alignment I looked at the blank and I can see there is a 30 mm di knot at the edge on one side... poss that is throwing it off..

 

[kinverkid]

The cherry burl saga
Today was a big win for me, concentrated on the goblet View attachment 189353a quick repolish and then a gentle scrap inside to flaten out the coffee and ca glue fillers only to have more wood come outView attachment 189354right next to the original hole. Thought at this rate I'll be coming through the walls of the goblet. I needed a different approach, i have some water base wood filler. Its in powder form one scoop of that with one scoop of coffee granules for colour matching mixed up into a pasteView attachment 189355View attachment 189356View attachment 189357then applied, the goblet left to set during this time I set to sanding the odd shaped bowl. This has to be done by hand for the most part. Once the goblet was dry inside sanded and finished. After two breaks on the stem and all the breakouts on the inside the out come has made me quiet chuffed.View attachment 189361View attachment 189360View attachment 189358

I often use coffee granules as a filler too especially as a resin filler.