Cherry bowl

[smallboat]

I’ve been off of the lathe for a bit and needed to get back in the swing. Pretty pleased with this little bowl. not quite finished with the finish and have to remove the tenon.

 

[Mike Davis]

Looks like it might leak...


I really like that slight hollowing of the rim, gives it a nice multidimensional feeling.

 

[HITCH-]

Are you going to leave the voids or fill them in as an imbellishment?

 

[smallboat]

Are you going to leave the voids or fill them in as an imbellishment?

I’m leaving them. even worm eaten cherry is more interesting than epoxy.

unless we’re talking boats

 

[smallboat]

Looks like it might leak...


I really like that slight hollowing of the rim, gives it a nice multidimensional feeling.

Thanks. Either you or Chris G gave me the guidance to establish the rim before removing the bulk of the interior and then leave it. That kept ringing in my ears as I wasn’t sure how stable this would be when I got serious about the excavation. It all worked out.

finishing was tricky. as I applied shellac to the interior is would leak out and show up on the exterior. easily cleaned up but a few more steps than anticipated

 

[Mark Johnson]

Turning that would have increased my blood pressure a bit. Good job!

 

[JNCarr]

Great job. I agree with Mike the rim adds a lot.

 

[smallboat]

Turning that would have increased my blood pressure a bit. Good job!

I tried something new this time. I didn’t want epoxy or CA fillers for a variety of reasons. So I injected paraffin wax into the voids to create a continuous volume to turn. I don’t know if it did anything to structurally bind things together, but it made cutting across the big voids smoother. When I was done I heated it with a heat gun on low and the wax flowed out. Then I wiped it down with alcohol to dissolve any wax residue.

It was kind of a “what if” process, but seemed to work.

 

[pop-pop]

I’m not positive that alcohol will dissolve paraffin but mineral spirits surely will.

 

[kreisdorph]

I turned a couple of ant-eaten pieces of mulberry recently. I mostly did it for the challenge.

 

[smallboat]

That second one is beautiful. I don’t know how you got away with it, but I love it.

 

[Dee2]

It can be done! ~9" dia. X 5" deep cherry burl bowl.

 

[Mark Johnson]

I'm impressed.

 

[kreisdorph]

That second one is beautiful. I don’t know how you got away with it, but I love it.

Carefully. Actually, it wasn't that bad. The tenon side was fairly solid.

 

[David Turner]

You guys are scaring me!

 

[JRedding]

That’s really cool. I love turning pieces like that. Rarely do I turn something that is actually functional.