bowl turning thread

[se7enthdevil]

i love hornbeam, a vastly underrated timber in my opinion.

 

chopped up and put on the fire too quick...

[delabodge]

  flames said:

Some great turnery posted recently!

 

Here's one I've finished the other the day; Spalted Hornbeam (sorry not the best photography)

 

wicked,,,,

[Phil71]

  se7enthdevil said:

i love hornbeam, a vastly underrated timber in my opinion.

 

chopped up and put on the fire too quick...

 

Steve, can you guess what this is?

[se7enthdevil]

hard to tell without the bark and i've just turned some plum with pink streaks like that but i'm going to guess lilac?

[Lignaterrae]

  se7enthdevil said:

hard to tell without the bark and i've just turned some plum with pink streaks like that but i'm going to guess lilac?

 

Hmmm. Too much heartwood for for lilac I think but it sure looks like a Prunus species. Damson maybe? I've seen it with those pink-purple streaks

[se7enthdevil]

damson is the plum i've just turned and it doesn't look quite like that but it's still possible.

 

come on phil put me out of my misery, what is it?

[sloth]

Prunus pissardii or spinosa, or beech?

[sloth]

Hi all, may be after another bowl. Something a little different this time, a wool dispenser for knitting/crochet. Similar to the image below, just a simple bowl with steep sides, maybe a slight narrowing at the top. Around 7-9inches diameter, and 4-6inches tall. Then a 3 or 4mm ish 'J' cut down about half way, with a 10-15mm hole at the end of its tail, obviously with no catchy bits, for the wool to feed through.

I'm not too fussed about what wood, but darker colours are preferred.

If any one can give me an idea of cost, and what it could look like (maybe you've got a bowl lying around which would just need the J cut out?) please post here or PM me.

Cheers!

[sloth]

Anybody?

[Phil71]

  se7enthdevil said:

damson is the plum i've just turned and it doesn't look quite like that but it's still possible.

 

come on phil put me out of my misery, what is it?

 

Believe it or not, it's Sycamore!