Old Arn
25th March 2007, 04:00 PM
Pic 1:
I found a beautiful piece of Elm with a large crotch in it on the side of the road yesterday, took it home and started turning another hat. I got it all shaped last night, took a plastic bag and filled it with wood shavings, put it over the turning and went to bed. This morning I was going to get the brim thinned down and start hollowing so I took the bag off of it and noticed the damn brim had split ... Major bummer.
So I broke off the brim and turned it into a hollow form. Its about 7" high and 7" wide, hollowed to an 1/8th throughout. Sanded to 1200 grit, finished with a wipe on poly, White Diamond and carnauba wax.
Pic 2:
Kind of an ugly little hollow form but the more I look at it the more I like it, its different. It looks real good sitting inside the Ugly Bowl I posted a while back :rolleyes: ... lol.
The wood is Box Elder burl 6" tall, 5" wide. Sanded to 1200 grit, soaked with BLO, polished with White Diamond and buffed with carnauba wax.
Comments/critques always welcome,
Shane
I found a beautiful piece of Elm with a large crotch in it on the side of the road yesterday, took it home and started turning another hat. I got it all shaped last night, took a plastic bag and filled it with wood shavings, put it over the turning and went to bed. This morning I was going to get the brim thinned down and start hollowing so I took the bag off of it and noticed the damn brim had split ... Major bummer.
So I broke off the brim and turned it into a hollow form. Its about 7" high and 7" wide, hollowed to an 1/8th throughout. Sanded to 1200 grit, finished with a wipe on poly, White Diamond and carnauba wax.
Pic 2:
Kind of an ugly little hollow form but the more I look at it the more I like it, its different. It looks real good sitting inside the Ugly Bowl I posted a while back :rolleyes: ... lol.
The wood is Box Elder burl 6" tall, 5" wide. Sanded to 1200 grit, soaked with BLO, polished with White Diamond and buffed with carnauba wax.
Comments/critques always welcome,
Shane