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bowl-basher
1st March 2016, 12:13 PM
Hi All
Even though I have retired my Grand daughter requested a large fruit bowl as her engagement present and it was to hard to say no
I had a couple of boards of European Horn Beam that were about 180 x 50 x 800 so the only option was to turn to the dark side and segment the bowl
the finished bowl is 400 in dia. and stands 155 high (should hold a few bananas ) the base is Merabu and the inserts are Blue Gum the rest is Hornbeam
all rings were done as 12 segments with the third ring having the segment half hornbeam and half blue gum joined at 90 in the center of the segmen
the photos show the first layout and progressive glue up At the time the photos were taken the bowl has 5 coats of Danish oil I will probably give it 2 or 3 more then a light cut with 0000 steel wool and soft wax
I hope she is happy with it I know I am
Look forward to your comments
Regards Bowl-Basher

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Cliff Rogers
1st March 2016, 02:21 PM
... the only option was to turn to the dark side and segment the bowl...Slippery slope. :D

Rod Gilbert
1st March 2016, 02:34 PM
Very nice indeed a great size bowl, I am sure you're grand daughter will be extremely happy with the bowl.
Regards Rod.

wheelinround
1st March 2016, 02:54 PM
Hi Gra gee's you've lost some weight there boy.

That is an awesome bowl well done:2tsup:

bowl-basher
1st March 2016, 03:36 PM
Hi Gra gee's you've lost some weight there boy.

That is an awesome bowl well done:2tsup:
sorry to disapoint you Ray but that is not me in the pic just one of the fellow at Mens Shed in fact he is 93 and still one of the best spindle turners I have seen

orraloon
1st March 2016, 03:57 PM
Nicely done:2tsup:
Perhaps I should get into segmented as finding a good blank for large bowls can be hard. They crack or get mold. If you rough turn green then they can still crack or turn into a canoe as they dry. I've had a few end up quite a bit smaller than the plan.
Regards
John

turnerted
1st March 2016, 04:20 PM
An impressive bowl . Well done.
You're not really retired untill you're in the box .
Ted

Picko
1st March 2016, 04:48 PM
Nice work basher. She'll treasure that forever.

Christos
1st March 2016, 06:04 PM
I like the bowl. The square buttons on the bowl give it a uniqueness.

smiife
1st March 2016, 08:00 PM
Hi bb,
Very nice bowl, well done
I am sure your grandaughter will like it !
She should be very proud of her pop!:welldone: