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Absolutely beautiful work, Dan!A few weeks ago I turned the ambrosia maple bowl.
Today I turned the mahogany blank .
Still needs a couple coats of tung oil, engrave the back and buff/polish in a few days once the oil is fully dry.
Oh come on now!? You must be part robot! Incredible stitching, John!
Beep Bop Boop... There's a reason I like Sci Fi movies so much.
Beauty! Now that it’s cleaned up I bet it is hard to sell - at least that’s what usually happens to me!
Very nice!Made a handy Clip Slip for my AG Woods Walker...
Looks like a pleasant outing. I'd never heard of ramps and had to google it.and this evening I went foraging for ramps with my dog and a 1940s Camillus hawkbill and found way more than I know what to do with!
What’s sweeter than a bowl of cherries? A bowl of cherry.Cherry
The Cherry looks really nice.
Can't wait to see that.
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Black Locust:
Oh sorry .... never mind
Black Locust:
This bowl came very close to never happening. Black locust is a very hard wood so I though I would try a different angle with my bowl gouge to speed up the process
I got a nasty catch that send the bowl flying off the lathe and broke part of the tenon used to hold it.
It was difficult to remount and center it again and it came smaller than what it would have been.
( I am going to watch some you tube videos on proper wood turning technique
I've never turned wood but can attest to the hardness of well seasoned black locust. I've used it often in bow, (not bowl) making and even the sapwood is tough as nails.
Black Locust:
This bowl came very close to never happening. Black locust is a very hard wood so I though I would try a different angle with my bowl gouge to speed up the process
I got a nasty catch that send the bowl flying off the lathe and broke part of the tenon used to hold it.
It was difficult to remount and center it again and it came smaller than what it would have been.
( I am going to watch some you tube videos on proper wood turning technique
So coolCelloDan
Very nice work on a tricky project Dan, the bowl turned out great.
I imagine keeping the thin border of bark around the rim of your bowl requires some skill and patience given that your removing some very hard wood around the more brittle bark.
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