artful bodger
9th October 2018, 06:18 PM
Some time ago I posted about this (http://www.woodworkforums.com/f8/5-pounds-crack-ruined-day-222307) bowl and how it had cracked while turning it.
Had been keeping an eye on it since and noticed that the crack after opening up had to a large extent moved back together, nearly.
The weight had stabilised at 2035 grams and it seemed to be dry enough to try and salvage.
Filled the remaining gap with epoxy then used scrapers to clean up the inside of the bowl and a sharp chisel to clean up the outside where the crack did not align properly.
Then hand sanded to a finish-able surface, except on the rim where there had been lumpy shrinkage due to the drying that appealed to me.
Finally gave the bowl 3 coats of Wattyl Stylwood spray lacquer (single pac) 30% gloss.
Knowing my main local gallery would not touch this bowl with a 10 metre barge pole (they wont have a bowl in their shop with the slightest of cracks in it, no matter what has been done to address it), I am happy to keep it. I like the un-even, wonky look of it. Anyway here are a few finished pictures. Thanks for looking.
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Had been keeping an eye on it since and noticed that the crack after opening up had to a large extent moved back together, nearly.
The weight had stabilised at 2035 grams and it seemed to be dry enough to try and salvage.
Filled the remaining gap with epoxy then used scrapers to clean up the inside of the bowl and a sharp chisel to clean up the outside where the crack did not align properly.
Then hand sanded to a finish-able surface, except on the rim where there had been lumpy shrinkage due to the drying that appealed to me.
Finally gave the bowl 3 coats of Wattyl Stylwood spray lacquer (single pac) 30% gloss.
Knowing my main local gallery would not touch this bowl with a 10 metre barge pole (they wont have a bowl in their shop with the slightest of cracks in it, no matter what has been done to address it), I am happy to keep it. I like the un-even, wonky look of it. Anyway here are a few finished pictures. Thanks for looking.
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