Carved Yew Bowl

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I Use A grinder with a flat lay sanding disc ,followed by a mini random orbiyal sander down to 320 grit.It ca save a lot of time

The bowl looks a stunner though

 

Thanks slackbladder, i need to get a random orbital sander. ive had some nasty blisters from hand sanding stuff

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Beautiful finish to that wood -I could stare at that like some people watch a sunset!... When you say mini grinder does that mean a small angle grinder or a dremel type tool? And what sort of attachments do you stick on it?

 

Cheers TMJ, firstly i use a standard 113mm grinder with sanding discs through various grades, the mini grinder is an arbortec mini grinder attachment, good for tight spaces you can carve and sand with it.

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do you let something like that season before you get going?? season in the length or???

 

Usually season the lump, the lump it came from was about three years old. I carved it out with the chainsaw then left it for a while before sanding. Yew seems to be quite a stable timber.

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Thanks for all the comments