Blackwood bowl

[hughie]

here we go, Backwood bowl. The blank courtesy of NeilS :2tsup:

Size 9.5" x 2.75" [ 24cmx7cm] Polished with Shellawax, will revisit in 3-4 weeks for the final polish. Thickness is approx 3/16" or 5mm all over. A very light bowl was necessary as it will be carried overseas to a family in Germany as a thank you present from Australia.


Many thanks to Neil for supplying an excellent blank with spalting. :2tsup:It turned out very well.

[corbs]

Nice bowl, I used to wonder what all the fuss with Blackwood was. Then I actually got my hands on some and I love it:2tsup:.

[wheelinround]

Magnificent Hughie nice bowl will this be a trade for some Blackforest wood from Germany

[Willy Nelson]

That is a superb chunk of wood. The shape is good and the finish looks stunning, Well done

[artme]

stunner Hughie!!!:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

[Allan at Wallan]

An absolute ripper Hughie :2tsup:

Allan

[BozInOz]

I like it. :2tsup:

[orificiam]

Beautiful bowl Hughie love the wood grain.
Cheers Tony.:)

[rsser]

Good to see you turning again hughie.

Sapwood inclusion is spekkie.

[hughie]

Good to see you turning again hughie.




But I find that the time away has brought it limitations on the return. So It was a much slower process than I anticipated. :C

Also not knowing the people its a bit hard with shape and finish etc. But their daughter who is staying with us reckons it'll be fine.

Much of the original shape was NeilS as it came as a rough out, I just added the rim and polish.

Thanks for all your positive comments. :2tsup:

[NeilS]

Many thanks to Neil for supplying an excellent blank with spalting. :2tsup:It turned out very well.



Agreed, you have done a nice job on that lump of blackwood, Hughie. Well done!

Very interesting to see it given the Hughie touch. Hope the rough out didn't restrict your options too much.

Had wood... did travel...:U

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[Ozkaban]

gotta be happy with how that turned out :2tsup:

Cheers,
Dave

[Ed Reiss]

Hughie, you get high marks for this one!! :2tsup:

[Texian]

As we say in Texas, that's a beauty mate! But we don't say it often.

[Calm]

Bloody beauuuutiful Hughie

Cheers

[Ad de Crom]

Hughie, this time in Dutch, '' arstikke mooi '' = much much more than beautiful.
Ad :2tsup:

[Gil Jones]

Hughie,
Excellent bowl :2tsup: and a fine lump of wood too.
Gil

[wheelinround]

Never thought does this mean the shed is finished ...........or still turning on the driveway:U

[TTIT]

Looks good Hughie :2tsup:
Never thought does this mean the shed is finished ...........or still turning on the driveway:U
What he said! . . . . . . and was it on the new home made lathe ????

[hughie]

and was it on the new home made lathe

Nah and still in the driveway.:C The lathe is an old Woodfast, I am converting to single phase/3phase up from 1/2HP to 1HP with variable speed, plus a few other mods to it.