G`day fellow woodies. Have a go at this one 100 year old red gum brown mallee burl center and top.hieght 255mm wall thickness about 12 mm.
Mick:D
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G`day fellow woodies. Have a go at this one 100 year old red gum brown mallee burl center and top.hieght 255mm wall thickness about 12 mm.
Mick:D
more piccies please mick, that looks interesting:)
Hi an idea i have had for a while has come to fruition.
I had redgum stumps, merbeu veranda posts and some Blackwood peices.
When i purchased my jointer thicknesser last weekend it gave me the oportunity to plane sides glue and then turn.
All sides were ran over the jointer and then glued with no sanding at all. Glue used was Titebond Professional original wood glue.
I am reasonably happy although the curve on the sides probably should be the same to the top instead of the straight bit at the top.
Sanding was a nightmare and in some places i have probably not done enough. Sanded to 1500 then used Ubeat UltraShine and then Glow
The size is 3800mm x 80 mm the walls are about 5 to 6 mm thick. I was not game to go much thinner because of the glue joints. The bowl missed the bed by less than an inch so to make all stripes equal i would need to turn outboard. Main purpose was to try the glue and turn thingy/bit without getting hit in the head by unglued wood.
Looks pretty good to me!
good stuff David, you didn't waste any time
Allan
Hi posted the bowl here braced myself ready for the onslaught and response has been mild to say the least.
Come on go for it i can take it. Tomorrows sunday i could always go to church and ask for forgiveness..
Missed this the first time round Dave :doh:.
Hmm, shape is good, bit more sanding needed and good clean gluelines.
Give yourself a pat on the back :2tsup:, now get back out there and do another one but with a even wall thickness all the way through and a better sanding job :q :U
Nice bowl David
Sorry, not meant to be nasty AT ALL, but.... form is very ordinary, a utilitarian shape I guess and you are right about the sanding. Perhaps when sanding you let each 'grit' remove all sign of of the previous one before moving on.
I have a personal dislike of laminated forms, to me they look tacky, they rarely survive splitting if dis-similar timbers are used and if the glue up isn't very good with plenty of curing time then the turning can be quite hazardous.
Don't mind me, just keep at it!
G'day all.
A new form for me - not my 'standard' bowl form.
A bit of spalting had krept into the sapwood.
6" x 7" (15cm x 18cm).
Finished only with BLO so far. Intend to buff it with beeswax once dry.
Love the rim treatment Andy.
But the proportions are a bit squat for my taste, for what that's worth. Would have gone for a narrower form.
The wood has a striking figure.
[quote=rsser;681081]But the proportions are a bit squat for my taste, for what that's worth. Would have gone for a narrower form.
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Yep - agree with that Ern - actually had a narrower form in mind:B but due to traces of Scots ancestry I still feel I have maximize on the size of the piece I get out of any blank :shrug:.
Yep, I can relate to that ... due to traces of Dutch ancestry ;-}
Made this small oak bowl at the last "club" meeting
started out being not this shallow but hey, instant design changes occur sometimes
surviver because the last 2 attempts went bonkers... one split because i had made the bottom quite thin, and the piece had lots of cracks and stuff. The other was stupid. because i didn't think an i vent through the bottom. i still plan to save that one....
i havent been turning bowls other than the first 2 i made when i started out. But now im going into bowl mode i think.. theres much to learn...(and so little time)
diameter 13cm hight 3,5 cm
sand to 400 pure beeswax colorless 2 coats.
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Nice looking wood, I like the clean lines but i wonder if the bottom is a bit small for the size of the bowl (unstable). After going through the bottom i can understand your reluctance to go too thin. Do you power sand?
Keep up the good work, practice makes perfect - but i am starting to think it has to be a hell of a lot of practice.