bowl turning thread

[se7enthdevil]

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".

[slackbladder]

Lovely bowl Steve Like the size of it

[Woodworks]

I am presuming that is a piece of mighty fine piece of brown oak Steve? Good work also a nice little work out for the new bearings

[bobh]

That's a beauty, what speed did you use when you first mounted it?

[se7enthdevil]

brown oak it is...

 

this is just the branch!!! it was about 26" full diameter (god knows how big the tree was!) but the branch was cut in to thirds removing the middle section as i don't think i can handle any deeper that 8". need to fabricate a few specialised tool rests for these monsters...

 

the branch alone has 300+ rings in it. amazingly slow grown, almost 1 per mm.

[se7enthdevil]

That's a beauty, what speed did you use when you first mounted it?

 

 

quite low, 250-300 i think. it was fairly well balanced. finished at 5-6 hundred.

[bob]

Both that laburnum on previous page is one of the pitfalls of have a pice with the pith running through.

I now never turn it with the pith in as always seems to split and distort too much.

Nice work though

[bobh]

Both that laburnum on previous page is one of the pitfalls of have a pice with the pith running through.

I now never turn it with the pith in as always seems to split and distort too much.

Nice work though

 

Good point about the pith, it does always seem to cause problems however I my defence

a; it's a very pretty piece of wood

b; (and being a tight git this was the most important point) it was free! :D

[devon TWiG]

If anyone can correctly identify this wood I will very, very impressed !!! ( I know what it is , It came from a NT garden on the coast near me and it is slightly spalted as well , I have quite a few more to finish ) It is about 10 " in diameter .

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 >

[se7enthdevil]

do you have any more?

 

i'd be interested.