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    Default 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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    nice, I salvaged a fair bit of stringy bark but it seems to be cracking rather severely!

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    Quote Originally Posted by brainstrust View Post
    nice, I salvaged a fair bit of stringy bark but it seems to be cracking rather severely!
    Have you rough turned yours, or just trying to dry big bits?.

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    Quote Originally Posted by artful bodger View Post

    Got a big stack of stringy bark bowls roughed out and ready to turn...
    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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    Quote Originally Posted by artful bodger View Post
    Have you rough turned yours, or just trying to dry big bits?.

    just chunks, sealed. I'll get something out of them just nothing of much size!!!!

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