A technicolour bowl from stick offcuts

[Kuffy]

This is a bowl I turned yesterday arvo for my youtube channel. Being cheap (read. poor), I have to make use of all of my timbers, even the useless stuff like 1000x20x15 edge trimming offcuts that I seem to collect. This bowl was a mix of Tas. Oak, Tas, Blackwood and Vic. Myrtle. It turned out "pretty good". I didn't really plan on turning a bowl from these stick offcut blanks I have. So the alignment of some of the sticks didn't really work correctly. But once the shellawax hits it, I reckon all is forgiven because "nice and shiny" is the most important part :D

Dimensions: 205mm x 66mm high.


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[Pat]

Good vid Shannon.

Where's the scraper from?

[Kuffy]

Thanks Pat,
I bought the scraper from Timbecon. It's a crown tools 3/8"/10mm bowl scraper. I can't find the exact product on their website, but it is the little brother to this big fat bad boy
https://www.timbecon.com.au/woodturning/turning-tools/bowl-finishing-scraper

I like it, it didn't flex over the toolrest and dig into my work like my thinner 1/4" side scraper that I have been using does. I need a bigger motor on my lathe so I can test it out properly. As soon as I am approx 80mm away from center, the little 1/2hp motor bogs down, so it is all light cuts from there.

[Christos]

Always good to use up the scraps.

[Kuffy]

I Iove making stuff from scraps which were destined for the rubbish bin. Always seems like a win.

[Paul39]

Kuffy,

Very nice! I like the "crazy quilt" design. I like random strange pattens and the figure found in stumps and crotches. As much as I admire the regular pattern of segmented turnings I don't have it in me to make one.

Crazy Quilts:

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1440&bih=748&q=crazy+quilts&oq=crazy+quilts&gs_l=img.12..0l6j0i5i30k1l4.1923.6052.0.10644.12.9.0.3.3.0.411.1087.7j1j4-1.9.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..0.12.1127.Vv7SrfrfSA0#imgrc=2JimxGW-vQ2n7M%3A