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  1. 11th June 2016, 05:25 PM #1
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    Default Camphor Bowl in Aussie Oil

    I finally got round to it, I had this little Camphor Laurel bowl core and got bored of the technically interesting turning jobs I have been doing of late. Time for a simple bowl. Salad/Fruit size 300mm x 60mm.

    I've been using Aussie Oil since September last year on pens and decided to test it on a bowl. The bowl is sanded to 600#, then EEE at 1000rpm. 4 coats of Aussie oil. Use less Aussie Oil progressively, ie enough to cover a 50 cent piece for the first coat, then less each coat.

    I have left the spigot, as I am yet to decide if it needs the extra height.
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  3. 11th June 2016, 05:32 PM #2
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    Pat that's a very handsome bowl!!!! Does the Aussie Oil need EEE underneath? Or is it a little slow to build up? (Nosey bugger aren't I)
    Just do it!

    Kind regards Rod
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    Hi pat, looks like it has come up a treat
    Well done !
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  5. 11th June 2016, 05:47 PM #4
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    Good size bowl, should hold plenty of jelly beans. Aussie Oil is a very nice product, haven't tried it on bowls as yet.
    I like the shape, but the base may not be big enough for stability, IMHO.

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    Chambezio, Aussie oil works as well if you sand to 600#, but the EEE is to polish the wood and provides a better base level of shine for what ever finish you choose. You can work EEE to a vivid luster.

    Al, I tend to agree with you. I'll look at it tomorrow morning and decide, but the whirring noise you hear is my Longsworth chuck warming up

    Thanks for the kind comments, tomorrow also brings cutting pen blanks to size, drilling and glueing and finishing 2 150mm spheres, there is minimal margin for fun in those.
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  7. 11th June 2016, 07:28 PM #6
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    Nice colour Pat I hope the slice I got off Old Croc today is as nice

    The foot needs to be larger maybe a 3 legged type something fancy
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    Very pretty bowl Pat....
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    Nice bit of wood - looks a treat

    I'd say the foot looks a tad small
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    That is indeed a very good looking bowl. In a recent demo by Richard Raffan that I attended he mentioned that the "normal" proportions for the foot of a bowl would be 1/3 to 1/2 of the diameter.

    While many of the bowls that I make conform to this I think it is always good to see something a little different and the small foot does tend to give this large bowl some mystery (where is the foot?) that it would not otherwise have.

    I sell a few bowls at a local market and one of the many things that I have learned is that not everyone has same taste and not everyone likes the "normal" proportions.

    I am a fan of the small base, perhaps because it does not conform.

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  11. 22nd June 2016, 12:42 PM #10
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    Pat,

    Nice bowl, nice finish. If you have enough thickness in the bottom a dished base around 1/2 the diameter of the bowl would make it a useful practical bowl. You could also just round it off and make a rocking bowl, as Richard Raffan suggested in one of his books.
    So much timber, so little time.

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    Nice bowl.

    I vote for a rounded bottom.
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    Pat!
    Great work!
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