Post by admin on May 19, 2010 19:27:46 GMT -6
Evening fellas,
Today was a pretty good day to be in the shop. One of those fortunate days when things move more fluidly, and less like pushing a wheelbarrow full of bricks up a staircase.
And, this was the main outcome;
First pic; Overall upper view.
Second pic; The underside, showing some neat color variance from heart and sapwood. Also, note the bark inclusion.
Third pic. My TV remote sitting on/in the bowl. Mostly for scale.
It's a LOT bigger than most of the stuff I'm used to working with, and is the main reason I asked about ripping with a chainsaw down in General. The ID on it is roughly 6.5 inches, Wall thickness is roughly 3/8". My lathe has ten inches over the bed, and I can tell you, this bowl got me close. I had to use a surform to ease the 'corners' to help me make it turn without fouling the bed. I ended up losing about a half inch of overall outside diameter because I ran into some checking that I didn't count on.
It took some magic on my part, and was a challenge. I'm not as 'excited' about red oak as I used to be, but I still love the color in this one. I'm pretty sure this one will not be sold, I'm keeping it in my personal collection. (If you'll note the dimple in the base, that's just something I started doing to sorta mix it up from a boring recess.)
Finish is lacquer wiped on with the power off after a progresssion from 80 grit (had to go down to 80 because I had some tearout with the shearing cut, wood was still a tad green) and moving to 400 grit paper, then through MM to 6000.) This is becoming my preferred finish. It's not labor intensive, and it generally is repeatable even if I'm off my game.
That's all for today.
TJ.
Today was a pretty good day to be in the shop. One of those fortunate days when things move more fluidly, and less like pushing a wheelbarrow full of bricks up a staircase.
And, this was the main outcome;
First pic; Overall upper view.
Second pic; The underside, showing some neat color variance from heart and sapwood. Also, note the bark inclusion.
Third pic. My TV remote sitting on/in the bowl. Mostly for scale.
It's a LOT bigger than most of the stuff I'm used to working with, and is the main reason I asked about ripping with a chainsaw down in General. The ID on it is roughly 6.5 inches, Wall thickness is roughly 3/8". My lathe has ten inches over the bed, and I can tell you, this bowl got me close. I had to use a surform to ease the 'corners' to help me make it turn without fouling the bed. I ended up losing about a half inch of overall outside diameter because I ran into some checking that I didn't count on.
It took some magic on my part, and was a challenge. I'm not as 'excited' about red oak as I used to be, but I still love the color in this one. I'm pretty sure this one will not be sold, I'm keeping it in my personal collection. (If you'll note the dimple in the base, that's just something I started doing to sorta mix it up from a boring recess.)
Finish is lacquer wiped on with the power off after a progresssion from 80 grit (had to go down to 80 because I had some tearout with the shearing cut, wood was still a tad green) and moving to 400 grit paper, then through MM to 6000.) This is becoming my preferred finish. It's not labor intensive, and it generally is repeatable even if I'm off my game.
That's all for today.
TJ.
