White Oak Bowl

[splinterz25]

Well hello everybody I had picked up a few pieces of figured White Oak the last time to the mill and thought I would try for a very thin shallow bowl
with an inward curving lip here's what I came up with. 10" x 1.5" Bowl
First time turning Oak,

Bruce

[dai sensei]

Wow has that got some figure :cool:

[Cliff Rogers]

That is a beauty. :2tsup:

[splinterz25]

Thanks dai and Cliff I have two or three more boards of this wood but there only one inch thick; next time I'll lay up a thicker blank.

Bruce

[Cliff Rogers]

Platters. :2tsup:

[smiife]

Hi bruce,
That is a very nicely figured bowl
Well done , looks great:2tsup:

[Rod Gilbert]

Hi splinterz25,
Thank you for posting you're bowl a beautiful piece of work, I appreciate the work in getting a nice thin bowl with an undercut like this.
Regards Rod.

[splinterz25]

Thank you Cliff, Smife and Rod yes cutting the under cut was a challenge this is very hard wood and I don't have a Swan neck cutter as of yet; a large bowl gouge and swan neck cutter are on my short list of tools to get just need some $ale$ to pay for them. :doh:

Bruce

[Tim Creeper]

Beautiful, a great form and fabulous lump of wood!

[Christos]

My initial thoughts are WOW. I love the figure in that wood.

Did you know it was like this when you purchased it or was it more pot luck?

[splinterz25]

Thanks Tim and Cristos....You could see the figure in the wood when I bought it, the guy at the mill pulled these pieces of wood for me and set them aside for me, because he knows I'm a wood turner; he's a wood turner as well and knows what to look out for.

Bruce