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Boxelder and Patina

admin — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 16:41:10 +0000

My turning mentor (Greg) visited recently and we collaborated on a Boxelder burl bowl.
I like to watch Greg take a blank put it on the lathe and “let it talk to him”, which it did.
The design consisted of a traditional shape with a recessed upper edge. The blank had multiple inclusions that we left as “characters”. The upper rim was burned with a repeating pattern using my “flame thrower” burner.

The color is red mahogany water based dye.

The attached picture is after 5+ coats of Deft sanding sealer.

Note: I have settled on a lacquer finishing regime of 5+ coats of Deft sealer followed by 5+ coats of Deft lacquer (semi- or gloss), followed by polish after a few days drying. I leave the piece on the chuck and turn it @ 50-60 rpm while heavily coating it. I don’t sand (with grey pad) until 5 coats of sealer.

Next I am going to patina the recessed edge of the piece using “sophisticated finishes” patina green regime. That’s on today’s shop agenda

Posted remotely from my Torch!.

PentaPly

admin — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:30:13 +0000

I have been wondering for some time how plywood would turn since I saw some pieces turned by other turners. I also found an interesting method for pentagon bowls that I wanted to try.

That’s the genesis of PentaPly!

The finish is 7 coats of highly polished gloss lacquer (Deft) following 5 coats of sanding sealer and many voids were filled with CA. I proved to my satisfaction that CA could be used to make repairs and will become invisible when a clear lacquer finish is used.

The photos were taken in my new store bought light box…….

I think it turnedoutright…..:)

Plywood

PentaPly

Lacquer finish

Alder Base

Visit to Greg

admin — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:25:45 +0000

Spent the week turning with Greg.
The weather was beautiful and Greg had some great wood and sound advise.
Thanks Greg…..

Figured Walnut

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The bowl goes to college

admin — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:08:21 +0000

Session 9 movie download

Sirène rouge, La move

The bowl

that I turned this weekend is already in use in my daughters dorm.

Greg visits the shop

admin — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 12:28:16 +0000

My friend Greg visited my shop all this past week and we had a blast.

Turns out that I got some wet mulberry from a friend just a day before we opened the shop.

I also got some green cherry from the neighbors fall tree trimming exercise.

We decided to collaborate on a natural edge– platter– bowl

We decided to attack a 4″ thick piece of mulberry end-grain.The pictures and videos that follow document the fun. Check out the videos below.

Hmmm …. now we need some surface treatment.

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Weird OAK MAN Bowl

admin — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 03:52:04 +0000

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over video

I got this weird idea to turn a log transversely and this was the results.

I didn’t care much for it, way to heavy.

Oh well you have to experiment to learn.

Note: my first attempt at pyrography.

Unlike the name the wood is spruce

Big Natural Edged Bowl

admin — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 01:28:40 +0000

Im thinking of turning a 30″ natural edge bowl………

Cheung Gong 7 hou dvdrip

Big bowls

admin — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 01:13:39 +0000

I completed a large ash bowl for my sister in Fla. It featured a natural finish on the outside with a dyed Burgundy interior. The internal dying process I got off the web worked well.

I delivered the bowl to my sister and she was delighted.

Click this link to view the Ash bowl

A Walk in the Sun Next I have some large Walnut bowls to attend to followed by some green silver maple blanks …….. 30 inches in diameter. 30 inches will fully test my Stubby’s capacity.

Hard Ball full The big bowl project is done.