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19th December 2020, 10:52 AM #1GOLD MEMBER
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Four small Stringy Bark bowls.
Got a big stack of stringy bark bowls roughed out and ready to turn but motivation is low to turn them as bowls just do not seem to be in demand for a price that makes it worthwhile to make them these days. I did turn 4 of the smallest roughed out ones months and months ago and just sprayed them with 2 coats of lacquer.
Average diameter is 146mm
Average height is 55mm
Average wall thickness is 4.25mm and the average weight is 92grams.
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21st December 2020, 10:02 PM #2SENIOR MEMBER
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nice, I salvaged a fair bit of stringy bark but it seems to be cracking rather severely!
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22nd December 2020, 09:03 AM #4
Which stringy is that Artful?
It seems to have far less 'features' in it to the stringy I'm familiar with.
The stringy we have here (obliqua or baxteri) is so full of stress rings that it is dangerous to turn. It will suddenly fly apart with a sharp edge ready to slice you. So, despite having an endless supply, all of mine gets burnt.
Although, some cabinet makers use it as the weaknesses are less of an issue for them. They call it 'feature grade' wood...
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Hi Neil
The one we have here that I am using is obliqua.
The 4 bowls pictured are the 4 smallest in the stack of rough turned ones I have. I like to start with the smallest and work upwards as I find the motivation increases the larger they get.
I did target the stumpy areas of the trees that had the most fiddleback and figuring but these little bowls are not a great example. That will change as I move onwards and upwards through the stack hopefully. Some of the larger ones do have a bit of gum vein going on with them so will cross that bridge when I get there.
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