Project by Dave Polaschek | posted 04-18-2021 08:49 PM | 680 views | 0 times favorited | 10 comments | ![]() |
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About 3.5 inches across, and 3 inches high, turned from Osage orange. Made my shop yellow for a few days. Rough-turned very wet, and let air dry in New Mexico for a couple weeks. There were cracks in the thicker bottom, so I needed to turn away more material there to get past the cracks.
I was playing with shapes on the outside of the bowl on this one. Much of the final shaping was done with a domed scraper I have ground asymmetrically so I can use the side of the scraper on the inside of a bowl. Finished with a tung oil and shellac friction finish, then a few extra coats of shellac on the outside brushed on.
-- Dave - Santa Fe
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therealSteveN
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#1 posted 04-18-2021 09:38 PM
Beautiful wood, such nice grain.
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recycle1943
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#2 posted 04-18-2021 09:49 PM
I like this one a lot more than the myrtle bowl
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#3 posted 04-18-2021 09:51 PM
I like the sculpted outside, very unique.
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#4 posted 04-18-2021 10:24 PM
Wow – you’ve been productive! I think this is one of my favorites.
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#5 posted 04-18-2021 10:26 PM
Looks like you’ve found a new vocation Dave, master woodturning.
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#6 posted 04-18-2021 11:14 PM
You did it again Dave. The orange looks very nice, and the design on the outside is really nice.
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#7 posted 04-19-2021 12:17 AM
nice,love the shape you did.
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Dave Polaschek
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#8 posted 04-19-2021 02:00 AM
Thanks, SteveN!
Thanks, Dick!
Thanks, Tom!
Thanks, Steve!
Thanks, Peter! This batch includes bowls that were started in March, and it’s about two weeks worth wrapping up all at once. Don’t think I’m ready to be a master, but I’m feeling competent. Some of the time.
Thanks, Eric!
Thanks, Pottz! Just playing with a scraper…
-- Dave - Santa Fe
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#9 posted 04-19-2021 02:42 AM
Great design on the outside. That’s a solid looking piece of Osage I may add.
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Dave Polaschek
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#10 posted 04-19-2021 02:45 AM
Thanks, Dave! I’ve got another that might have better grain that came in the same order… we’ll see, I guess.
-- Dave - Santa Fe
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