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  1. 2nd December 2012, 12:39 PM #1
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    Hi everyone,

    Here is a Christmas present (I'm well organised this year!) for my wife. A Camphor Laurel bowl, roughly 70mm tall and 220mm diameter. Finished with Ubeaut EEE then Shellawax Cream.

    I'm still starting out on bowls etc, so this one is the thinnest bowl I have ever turned. The sides are about 6mm? I forgot to measure before I wrapped it up. The base has a foot so that it could be mounted in the lathe, but it actually sits on the rim further out from there, so that it is more stable. I hadn't seen that design before, but it sits quite well.

    The blank had a hole all the way through it diagonally, and I'm glad about the way it turned out near the centre at the base.

    Comments and some feedback for a newbie very welcome.
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    Simon looks great like the foot idea I do similar but squarer if that sounds right on larger platters.

    Did you use anything to secure the knot CA, epoxy ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by wheelinround View Post
    Did you use anything to secure the knot CA, epoxy ?
    Nope, I just left the void. The hole goes all the way through. I wanted it to look as natural as possible, so I didn't want to use epoxy.
    Sorry - photos don't show it very well. I should have placed a white piece of paper under the bowl to show it.
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    Nice one!

    Since you're just starting out, a simple way of removing the foot is to tape the bowl onto a large disk. Just screw a bit of scrap MDF onto a faceplate and turn it round. If you really want to, you can even cut a groove to suit the bowl. Personally, I don't - I just tape it on.
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    i love the look of that bowl the grain and colours are just awsome
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    That's a real nice bowl. Should get a few credits in the bank for that one.
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    That is a dramatic grain and figure.

    I think you're right to leave the knot out, it makes the whole thing.

    I did the same once, most people looked and ignored it, but then one day the right person came along and - well it was a marriage made in heaven, she loved it and paid what I was asking.
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    Thanks Dragonfly.

    I do enjoy the look of the knot. Hopefully my wife will like it too
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