Bowl from a board

[Fredo]

Hi all,

It's been a few months since I turned anything but last weekend, following Ray Lanham's bowl from a board concept, I cut out and glued up a blank. I had some time to turn it today (isn't it nice to be on holidays?) and here's the result. The wood is Blackheart Sassafras and the size is 300 x 100mm. All comments welcome.

Happy Christmas and New Year to all. Hope you enjoy your turning over the break and receive lots of presents (can Santa lift all those tools?).

For those interested, here is Ray's website - http://www.coeur-de-larbre.com (http://www.coeur-de-larbre.com/index2.html)

Fredo :U

[Cliff Rogers]

Good one. :2tsup:

Ray was at the Prossy turnout (http://www.proserpinewoodturners.com/Index.html) this year.

[wheelinround]

Nice :2tsup: one day

[rsser]

Always been a bit sceptical about that kind of glue-up, but yours works very nicely.

[Evan Pavlidis]

Nice work Fredo; I like the spalting.

Cheers,
Evan

[Reymundo]

Hi all,

It's been a few months since I turned anything but last weekend, following Ray Lanham's bowl from a board concept, I cut out and glued up a blank. I had some time to turn it today (isn't it nice to be on holidays?) and here's the result. The wood is Blackheart Sassafras and the size is 300 x 100mm. All comments welcome.

Happy Christmas and New Year to all. Hope you enjoy your turning over the break and receive lots of presents (can Santa lift all those tools?).

For those interested, here is Ray's website - http://www.coeur-de-larbre.com (http://www.coeur-de-larbre.com/index2.html)

Fredo :U
"Shesabeaudymate!" :2tsup:
Fredo, I love what you did with the concept, especially the nice touches at the foot and the beading under the rim. The rim looks exceptionally beautiful. Was this the wood you started with at my demo or is this another bowl you turned from your own wood? Whatever you answer you did me proud and I appreciate the fact that you've memtioned me in your posting.
Now, don't stop with this one. Use some different woods and see how you can develop the concept. I'm currently working on another version of the BFAB concept to produce the look that Michael Mode developed. Check out Mode's website at this link: http://www.michaelmode.com/. Also, look on WoW for the album of Edward Robinson. Ed's doing some fabulous BFAB turnings.
Please email me at my website if you have more photos of your work, I'd love to display them on my site as well.
Ray

[Reymundo]

Cliff,
Thanks for the heads up about this posting. Weren't you the bloke in the corner of the tent at Prossy with the waterfall coming off the roof on the first day? How is the weather on the tablelands? Have you joined WoW yet? Please send me some photos of your work

[Ed Reiss]

Looks great Fredo:2tsup::2tsup:

[Miranda]

That looks really nice. Doesnt turn out well usually but you did a fine job:wink:

[artme]

That is a sweet piece Fredo!!:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

[Fredo]

Hi all,

Thanks for the kind words.
Ern, this was my first attempt and I must have made the right choice of timber as I thought the end result was good. I did not have any concerns with the turning, I felt the joints were tight and the glue up was good (use PVA glue). It turned like a solid blank, really.
Ray, I think this bowl, as a first attempt worked well, and I'm glad you liked it. I quite enjoyed making it actually, and will certainly make some more (I even built a glue-up press). There is not a lot of waste with this type of turning. I kept and glued up the four corner off-cuts from the top ring and made a small peanut bowl (see pics).
Michael Mode's website boggles the mind.
Again, thanks for your kind comments,

Fredo :U

[Cliff Rogers]

Cliff,
Thanks for the heads up about this posting. Weren't you the bloke in the corner of the tent at Prossy with the waterfall coming off the roof on the first day? How is the weather on the tablelands? Have you joined WoW yet? Please send me some photos of your work

That was me, I have joined WoW thanks for the invite.
I have lots of photos of my work here but most of them are done a works in progress.

I'll have to sort out some finished pieces & do a gallery of mug shots.

[Reymundo]

Fredo,
Isn't it great to have no waste when turning a bowl. Have you visited WoW yet?

[Gil Jones]

Merry Christmas, Fredo, (and everyone else too!!)
Excellent glue-up, and a mighty fine bowl:2tsup:

[Evan Pavlidis]

[QUOTE=Cliff Rogers;867212]That was me, I have joined WoW thanks for the invite.
QUOTE]


Gooday Cliff, can you tell me what is WoW please. I'm sure it must be something simple but I can't get anything related to woodturning when googling. I've tried world of woodturning, (the most obvious) but nothing, zilch. Tried WoW and I get a truck load of World of Warfare; how sad :C.

Thanks,
Evan

[Reymundo]

Evan,
WoW (World of Woodturners) is an invitation only website for turners. Send me your email address and I'll see that you get an invitation. My email is [email protected]

[Evan Pavlidis]

Evan,
WoW (World of Woodturners) is an invitation only website for turners. Send me your email address and I'll see that you get an invitation. My email is [email protected]

Thanks Ray; it always is something simple, WoW (World of Woodturners) :rolleyes:.
I managed to create an account and waiting for a response from the group manager to approve of my request. If I have any probs I'll e-mail you. Thanks again for your advice.

N.B. Your work is stunning :2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:. Do you do your own photography?

Regards,
Evan

[rsser]

Evan, it's a members only site. PM me your email address and I'll send you an invite.

...

Nice match of wood and forms on the other thread btw.

Best wishes for the festive season.

[Reymundo]

Evan,
Yes, I do my own photography. I have a photo tent made from white ripstop nylon, a window pull shade and PVC pipe. I take the photo tent outside to my front porch, pull down the window shade backdrop (painted photography gray) set up the article I want to photograph and voila! Thanks for your kind comments on my work. I hope to be adding a new dimension to the site soon.

[rsser]

This is the design Reymundo was prob working off:
http://www.woodcentral.com/articles/shop/articles_795.shtml

Here's another option:
http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-make-a-inexpensive-light-tent/

And some tips for using them:
http://www.woodcentral.com/articles/turning/articles_836.shtml

[Evan Pavlidis]

This is the design Reymundo was prob working off:
http://www.woodcentral.com/articles/shop/articles_795.shtml

Here's another option:
http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-make-a-inexpensive-light-tent/

And some tips for using them:
http://www.woodcentral.com/articles/turning/articles_836.shtml

Excellent articles, thanks Ern :2tsup:. It always is something simple :rolleyes:

Cheers,
Evan

[Evan Pavlidis]

Evan, it's a members only site. PM me your email address and I'll send you an invite.

...

Nice match of wood and forms on the other thread btw.

Best wishes for the festive season.



Thanks for the invite. I'm now an official WoWer :hapy: :happyb: :hapy::clap2:

And thanks to Ray for the thought.




Cheers,
Evan

[Reymundo]

Evan,
It's "WoWie" like in "newbie" and welcome to WoW! There's more information there then you can almost consume, so take you time but do look through the "File Cabinet" for lots of great "How To" articles. Also read the FAQ's so you don't raise the ire of those who monitor the postings.