bowl turning thread

[se7enthdevil]

just started to turn some of that gorgeous walnut from delabodge and its stunning...

 

just one coat of danish on the outside so far. i'm going to try to build up layers to give it a proper sheen...

 

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[devon TWiG]

"Roughed out " a few Ash crotch bowls today from fresh ( 2 weeks ago ) felled timber These are 18-20 " dia and were deliberately cut to show the confluence of grain in the fork of the tree , these will be set aside to season for now and I should be able to finish them late summer next year .... it just goes to show what is available from common native woods without using straight , clean grained timber , in fact this would have been firewood , and a hard bit to split as well had I not acquired it !!

[se7enthdevil]

those are absolute corkers mate, mine is also a crotch but nowhere near as good looking as those...

 

you got none spare then???

[Ropechucka]

Great work chaps, if like to give it a go myself one day.😊👍

[delabodge]

:wavey:lovely stuff guys,,,,,

[devon TWiG]

That Walnut looks nice Steve , always good to keep some sapwood in the piece for contrast as you have done .... do you fill the hole left by the pith on walnut ... best thing I find is to trim a little peg/ dowel of the same wood dip in glue and tap in to the hole then trim off before sanding . Did the roughed out piece of the crotch warp much whilst drying , I know the Ash will for sure !

[se7enthdevil]

i'm a great believer in leaving the wood as nature intended so i won't fill a hole if i see it, however i did fill the exposed pith on part of the base as it created a long channel that look very unsightly.

 

all the platters have warped but i'm happy to say that this was the worst looking bit regarding warp and obviously the split pith. that's why i turned it as i thought if this bit can be turned then the rest should be fine. i've made a note to rough turn it slightly thicker next time as parts of it are only 3/8"-1/4" thick and on a platter 22" wide it can be worrying if it starts to vibrate...

 

the rest are a bit bigger so i hope they aren't too thin eventually.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I thought it was time I had a go been thinking about turning for ten years... loving it.

 

 

 

 

[sloth]

Lovely wood there mate I really regret selling my lathe 10 years ago! At the time the weekend seemed more important :what:

[se7enthdevil]

never too late to get back in to it mate...