Ash natural edge bowl

[rhull]

This is my first natural edge bowl. I didn't have any problem keeping the bark on, but I think I need some practice with CA and bark, as it didn't come out quite the way I hoped it would. It's definitely not my best work, but oh well. It's for my SIL for Christmas, from an ash tree her husband took down.

[bmorto]

Looks really good, I like natural edge turnings.
bmorto

[sachbvn]

I like that - I like that a lot.... looks so soft. Roughly how thick is the bowl? less than 1" ? Looks like maybe 3/4 or 7/8

Zac

[Joe Lyddon]

Hey man, I think it looks GREAT!

Looks COOL...

How often have you seen a "perfect" natural edge finish?
... you just can't mess with Mother Nature! ;D

Don't worry about it... Your SIL will LOVE it!

[rhull]

Nov 22, 2009 16:02:55 GMT -6 sachbvn said:

I like that - I like that a lot.... looks so soft. Roughly how thick is the bowl? less than 1" ? Looks like maybe 3/4 or 7/8

No, no. It's a pretty small bowl. I didn't measure it, and I think it's already boxed up now, but it's probably about 5" diameter at the top, so the walls are only about 1/4" to 3/8" thick.

[Joe Lyddon]

In the picture, without any reference, it looked much bigger to me...

You sure popped my balloon ;D ;D ... it's still Very Nice! ;D

[woodmangler]

Nice job.... ash is a great turning wood.

[rhull]

Nov 22, 2009 17:20:38 GMT -6 @woodmangler said:

Nice job.... ash is a great turning wood.

I've worked flat projects with it before, but I want to say this is my first time turning ash. I thought it was a bit on the stringy side, but maybe it was just this piece of wood.

[Ruffnek]

Nice bowl, Rob. It's pretty deep, too, relative to the diameter.

If you have any more of the Ash, it spalts pretty dramatically. Might be worth saving a chunk and letting nature have it's way with it.

[tomd]

That's a very nice looking NE bowl.

[dicklaxt]

I can't just looking at the pic pick up the start and stop of the end grain,thats pretty cool,does Ash always have that characteristic?

Nice looking.

dick

[rhull]

Nov 23, 2009 3:07:14 GMT -6 dicklaxt said:

I can't just looking at the pic pick up the start and stop of the end grain

The way I happened to orient the bowl for the picture, I think, it makes it difficult to see. If you look at the left side of the first picture, you'll notice a couple shallow divots that picked up the light from the flash. That's a tiny bit of tearout from the endgrain; it's much more noticable in the picture than in person.

[Doug B]

Very cool Rob. I love Natural Edge bowls.