You spin me right round....

[wizer]

Needs a clock insert in it !!!

Loz

As I walked out of the workshop I put it up on it's end and thought the same thing. :roll:



Cheers Pete, I was thinking today about re-mounting that Utile bowl but at this early stage I don't think it's worth trying to save every failure.

 

[mikec]

Hi Wizer,

Don't give up on the oak, keep on with the sanding its worth finishing.

The spalted beech is worth keeping, you could turn another smaller bowl section in the square portion.

Even the bad jobs can become a useful lesson. I have loads of them

Mike C

 

[loz]

You still have two bowls worth of timber there, dont let it go to waste,

I do honestly - and im not taking the mick, think it would make a nice mantle clock !

 

[Blister]

Tom , well done :lol:

I reckon you have a Olive container

Bit of food safe finish

Some slots done with a router for tooth picks to go in :lol:

And Wallar , a practical party piece

 

[wizer]

yeeeaah, maybe. It still needs something, I think. Apart from looking like a clock blank, it's a bit clunky. Perhaps all the sides need to be tapered. Or maybe even the blank section undercut somehow.

:-k

 

[Paul.J]

Hows about ebonising the bowl part,even though you will be covering some of the nicer spalted area i think this would take some of the planess off the piece :?:
Just something else to try :roll:

 

[wizer]

I know what I'd do if I had a vacuum chuck and some skill.

I'd re-mount it the other way around. shape out the bowl on the underside and then make a foot on the other side under the blank. If that makes sense.

 

[Blister]

I know what I'd do if I had a vacuum chuck and some skill.

I'd re-mount it the other way around. shape out the bowl on the underside and then make a foot on the other side under the blank. If that makes sense.

Yes :lol:

errr NO

 

[wizer]

I can't find a picture as an example. There's no way I could do it anyway.

I wonder if it would look better if the other side was curved? Like a lozenge shape?

Come on guys, give me your opinion, even if it's just 'bin it, your wasting your time'

 

[johnny.t.]

I'm with Mike, I would remount it and turn a smaller bowl in the flat bit and then probably do some more bandsawing and sanding to shape the sides around the bowl. could turn out nice :wink:

 

[Paul.J]

Did you see my post Tom as we posted the same time :roll:

 

[Blister]

I can't find a picture as an example. There's no way I could do it anyway.

I wonder if it would look better if the other side was curved? Like a lozenge shape?

Come on guys, give me your opinion, even if it's just 'bin it, your wasting your time'

Remember my comment

draw what you want to make :wink:

then you know what it will be before you start rather than see what happens or does not happen :lol:

 

[wizer]

Cheers Paul, I did see. Ebonising is certainly an option. I have always wanted to try it. I think I'd do the opposite tho, have the outside black, showing the interesting spalting inside with the black lines in it.

Johnny I think that's what I'm going to do, re-shape it some how. It just needs lightening I think. I looks very heavy and clunky atm.

Allen, I like the olive bowl idea, but I'd rather make one of those a different way. I certainly will make one soon, maybe even with the other blank.

You are absolutely right about drawing it out before and I will listen eventually. In my defence I had it worked out in my mind. Simply a block with an offset bowl in it. I may have chamfered the edges to lift it a bit. But when the endgrain split out I was left with making an ad-hoc design decision.

I think I'm going to go with a lozenge shape before I finally give up on it. Won't be til the weekend tho (assuming this nasty man-flu clears up)

 

[CHJ]

......(assuming this nasty man-flu clears up)

Tom, make sure it is 'flu' and not a reaction to the spalted wood-sanding dust.

 

[Paul.J]

I think I'd do the opposite tho, have the outside black, showing the interesting spalting inside with the black lines in it.

Yes Tom that would look better :roll:

 

[wizer]

No tis just a cold Chas. I had the AirAce on for the whole session in the WS specifically because the cold was coming on.

 

[Jenx]

I'd be tempted to do a bowl in a different (darker) wood, and mount it at the "plain" end ...

you know, so you get a 'positive / negative' ended piece ?
8)

Tricky getting 'nice' wood to contrast with S/B .... maybe something a bit radical on the colour... nice orangey padauk or something ? ...
something to 'challenge' the viewer ... 'striking', you know ?


Are you taking more of a liking to spalted beech now Tom ?
It makes some gorgeous turned items. 8) 8)

 

[PowerTool]

Looks nice as it is;how about pyrography or carving in the flat end ? Just something to visually "balance" the bowl.

Andrew

 

[big soft moose]

Cheers Paul, I did see. Ebonising is certainly an option. I have always wanted to try it. I think I'd do the opposite tho, have the outside black, showing the interesting spalting inside with the black lines in it.

woah there wizzzzzzer - spalted beech doesnt ebonise well , the rotten bits tend to burn first and you wind up with a very rough and nasty finish - leave that blow torch on the shelf (oak on the other hand... )

if you really must ebonise your spalted beech use liberon ebonising wax.

 

[wizer]

Cheers for the info Pete. I was actually thinking of using Chestnut Spirit Die.

Tho I've been playing with sketching on the side of it to see if I can get a better shape. Quite like this.