Thread: RingMaster does Eastern Red Cedar

Previously, I had this bowl wearing a two inch pedestal that was made from PR casting I had laying around, it didn't 'work' well with the piece. So I took the advise given to me and used a different material! So I took a piece from the burn pile(yes, I had this in the burn barrel and was going to fire it up to get rid of it) and threw it on the lathe. This is pretty much what I came up with.











Pluses:
#1: It weighes more now, and it definitely wants to sit still...center of gravity is the bottom!
#2: The material is all the same. No more 'highlighting' the bowls plug(although I have a minus on that too).
#3: The few that have actually handled it, have been much more 'receptive' towards it.

Minuses:
#1: Not as tall as I hoped to get it, but the crack had to be 'wittled' down some.
#2: The 'tare out' on the plug hole gets worse the more I sand it.
#3: Everyone wants it. And it is 'mine'....


Yes, more sanding should have been done, I can still see some scratches in the bottom of it. But as I stated above, the drill bit tare out kept getting worse....so I stopped and cut my losses. I did apply another really thick wipe down using BLO, and it finally stopped sucking the stuff up(whew, I'm gonna need bigger cans of this stuff if I keep doing these).


Tanks for looking!

Scott (on to the next) B