bowl turning thread

[se7enthdevil]

never turned any but would love to get hold of some, is there any spare for me???

[bobh]

Could be tricky, I'm on the isle of mull, the woods in Somerset and will (eventually) be making its way up here. God knows how is get it down to you, not even sure how big apiece it is.

 

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[dervishcarving]

Hey fellow bowl-turners

I had had an interesting request from a mate who makes audiophile equipment. He is looking at building something that involves wooden hemispheres (no idea how) and thought i might be able to turn him some bowls. Unfortunately I am going in for a hand operation in 2 days and so i wil be out of action for a couple of months so i cant help. I thought i would put it here and see what people think.

He is looking for some hardwood bowls, maybe maple? fruitwood? Yew? something hard that would have a decent resonance i assume. Something in teh range of 40-50cm with a wall thickness of say 15-25cm.

I dont have any further details but i can pass on any questions.

anyone think they could have a go? and if so, what price?

at the moment its in the 'design phase' and might not come to anything but i know there are people here with better bowl turning skills than me

[dervishcarving]

oops, as pointed out to me, that should be 15-25 MM not cm i blame old age

[se7enthdevil]

well, i've finally finished turning all the walnut i got from clive and in the end i got a whopping 73 bowls from it.

 

here are some pics of just the biggest ones and the large nests i got from the thick bits.

 

one of these is only 12" but the rest are 18" up to 26". it made alot of shavings!!!

 

 

there should be a 5th platter but it seems i didn't take a picture of it...

 

 

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[delabodge]

nice steve,,,,,

[devon TWiG]

Some bowls recently finished for an exhibition .. Ash 18" dia ... Elm 10" dia Each has been wire brush textured on the exterior and finished with wax .. Liming wax ( white on the ash ) and verdigris wax (green on the elm )

[devon TWiG]

Also a driftwood mirror with porthole ( wooden ) but again textured, painted, and waxed , with spliced rope hanger . this is genuine driftwood collected whilst kayaking/ diving around local ( devon ) coast

[bellringer]

Here is an olive ash bowl that i have made recently

 

 

a little walnut one

 

and a Chilean laurel

[devon TWiG]

Close up of interior of large ash bowl ...textured , scorched , dyed and burnished