bowl turning thread

[se7enthdevil]

It is Grisellinia littoralis in case any one was interested , it was at least 40 foot tall 2 foot dia , dead and covered in ivy ,and smelt like disinfectant ! very close grained and dense but takes a good finish well >

 

grisellinia was in the back of my mind but i just didn't think anyone would have something quite that obscure...

[flames]

well it's finally finished, just a couple more coats of osmo and it will be complete.

 

i just hope it doesn't split...

 

 

final dimensions, 21 1/8" X 8 1/4" and i kept the wall thickness at about 1".

 

That looks great Steve, fingers crossed it behaves during drying.

[Pan]

i did indeed, so yeah keep em coming...

 

 

 

 

i cant post any finished ones at the mo as although my lathe troubles are now sorted (i hope) i'm only coring lump after lump and starting them on the road to dryness. one or two may get finished but that's it.

 

actually one that will be finished is going to be my biggest bowl yet being 21" wide by 10" deep...

 

Hi Steve

 

Seeing all your cored out bowls I'm interested in how you are drying them. Are they just left in your workshop or are you bringing them inside for warmer conditions? How long are you leaving them to dry before you re-turn and finish them? Have you or anybody else got any ideas of speeding the drying process up with regards to turning green wood to finished article?

 

You have got some lovely looking bowls there Steve I especially like the brown oak one.

[delabodge]

nice bowl mate,

[se7enthdevil]

nice bowl mate,

 

cheers clive, it took a while.

 

 

Pan,

i core each bowl and leave them in my workshop on a shelf to get surface dry (if soaking) and then i'm putting them in to an adjacent shed for a couple of weeks. over the last few months i've been transferring them in to the conservatory which is still not much drier than the outside (but need to watch out for a very sunny day) and gives the wood an easy going time drying.

 

i take a tiny one of each species that i'm currently drying in to the house to dry it next to the fire and this gives me a target weight to aim for. once the others reach the same percentage loss in weight i know they are ready.

 

this can take up to six months and depends on the size of your bowls and also the species, the hornbeam has dried in about 2 months but the cherry laurel has taken nearly 8.

[se7enthdevil]

just a few more blanks that have been cored in some unusual timbers.

 

Chinese liquidambar...

[se7enthdevil]

a nice bit of field maple but only enough for two bowls.

[se7enthdevil]

a bit of black hearted lime (i think),

 

a bit of cedar from the neighbors tree,

 

and the excellent contrast of the brown oak too

[WoodED]

along with all the brown oak i have laurel, hornbeam and spalted beech.

 

here a link to the coring of a small laurel bowl with the woodcut bowl saver. its only 7"x3" but i can turn it in to two bowl rather than one nice bowl and lots of shavings.

 

 

 

 

by the way you'll have to excuse the wobbliness of it as i had one hand on the device and one holding the camera

 

can someone tell me how to make it the video box i see on some threads?

 

That's a smart bit of kit

 

 

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