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Thread: Sheoak Bowl
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29th January 2005, 09:49 PM #1
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Sheoak Bowl
Hi Guys,
Thought I'd post a couple of pictures of the latest creation from my shed. A Lace Sheoak bowl - 23cm diameter, 7.5cm base, 7cm high. I took your recent advice about using hot glue to attach a block of wood to the base with great results. I was able to make the most of the piece of wood I was recently given by the EFOH (eternal flower of happiness) for Xmas. Hope you like it.Remember....a bad day in the workshop is better than ANY day at work.
Cheers,
Mark
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29th January 2005, 10:32 PM #2
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sheoak bowl
Its a very nice bowl, i like the timber .Whats it like to turn
Neil
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30th January 2005, 08:34 AM #3
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Very nice to cut, very easy with sharp tools - and great to watch the grain develop on the long straight sides. I finished it off to 1200 grit, then EEE, then Shellawax (what else?). Glad you like it.
Remember....a bad day in the workshop is better than ANY day at work.
Cheers,
Mark
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30th January 2005, 09:15 AM #4
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beautiful bowl Mark come up great
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31st January 2005, 11:55 AM #5
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Very nice,
I've just been trying to prepare small roughsawn lacy-sheoak board by hand and I wouldn't say it's 'very easy' to work. The grain direction alternates every 1cm!Cheers,
Adam
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31st January 2005, 12:21 PM #6
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great bowl. Looks fantastic. What finish?
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31st January 2005, 01:07 PM #7
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seriously nice wood mate !
very good shape..
what kind of weight was the original blank...?
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31st January 2005, 07:09 PM #8
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Thanks for the comments guys, I'm pretty happy with it myself.
To answer the questions:
reeves - it weighed about 10kg I guess, 24cm x 24cm x 7.5cm(ish) block. I think the EFOH picked it up from Trend Timbers but can't be sure (she will neither confirm nor deny her sources)
Babytoolman - EEE, then Shellawax
Adam - I haven't ever worked with Lace Sheoak before but suspect the darker "red" bits of the blank were still a bit moist. I cut and finished the bowl in one day and it hasn't warped or cracked (yet).Remember....a bad day in the workshop is better than ANY day at work.
Cheers,
Mark
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31st January 2005, 08:07 PM #9
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Very tasty TC; nice work.
Pity about WA sheoak is that it loses the orange colour on exposure to light, and heads for a rather more mundane brown.Cheers, Ern
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