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Jim Jakosh · Sep 12, 2020 · Updated Sep 19, 2022 ·
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Jim Jakosh · Sep 12, 2020 · Updated Sep 19, 2022 ·
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bandsaw bowl cedar lathe

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This is a gift for Dick Versluis, from our woodworking guild, who acquired a lot of cedar from a 150 yr old pickle vat that was disassembled years ago and stored in his neighbor's barn . I got one plank and wanted to show Dick what it looked like turned.

I stumbled across a You Tube video from Sprague Woodturning (
) where the guy was inlaying twisted copper wire in the rim of his bowl..so I just had to incorporate that into this one. I stripped the insulation off about 4 ft of 14 gauge solid copper wire and twisted it the my drill just as he did. He used soapstone and I used turquoise for the added fill inlay.

This bowl is 7" x 2" high and finished with Danish Oil and buffed and waxed.

Below are some of the process shots:

Cheers, Jim

Twisting the wire:


Fitting it to the diameter of the groove


Glued in with CA glue


Adding the turquoise and CA glue

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Sigung

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That's quite the bowl Jim, really nicely done!
 
lew

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Cool looking bowl, Jim.
That barrel must have had really thick sides
 
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damn jim that is just bad ass turning and inlaying.you just keep amazing me with what you do everyday,stuff that most turn out yearly,not weekly,or daily!!!you always make me smile my friend.
 
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That is nice Jim! What a neat idea for the edge. I like it a lot!
 
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Very nice turning Jim with a bit of history preserved .
That copper wire twist is a great touch and I am going to steal it and thinking already where I can use
where I can use it .

Klaus
 
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I like the idea of the inlay in the top of the bowl. The copper and turquoise looks cool.
 
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Great looking bowl. We don't have any Cedar around here that looks a solid red like that. Is that the natural color or did the chemicals from the pickle vat help. Our Cedar here in N.W. Kansas is Eastern Red Cedar. Excellent job. Mel
 
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im sorry to highjack this thread but id like to mention that jerry's home is in the path of a fire that he may lose it,so i just want all to know what his situation is,he wont mention it because thats the kind of guy he is,and im just asking all to pray for him.sorry jer i just had too.
 
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Nice looking bowl. Would've never thought about adding something like copper as an inlay.
 
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Nicely done Jim, interesting video on the copper inlay. Cheers.
 
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Jim, nice bowl! Love the inlay.

Whishing Jerry the best. Pray for rain.
 
Jim Jakosh

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Thanks for all the nice comments.

Hi Lew, the wood is a little over 2" thick and smells a little like pickle at first. I glued a spigot to this piece to keep it as high a bowl as i could.

Hi Mel, we don't have any cedar around here that looks like that either. Dick is making chairs out of it and I noticed how tight and clear the grain was and he gave me a piece. It is soft but not real light like our red cedar.

I'll be praying for Jerry that the fire does not reach his house!!

Cheers, Jim
 
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Very nice Jim

Praying for rain for Jerry
 
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Beautiful Jim
I watched that same video a couple weeks ago - too bad I don't turn bowls, I'd like to try that method
 
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Nicely done. I saw that same video and saved it for a future project. A question about the turquoise…do you use turning tools to level and finish it? I usually use a dremel tool and then just sand it when I inlay turquoise or anything other than epoxy resin because I am afraid what it will do to both HHS and carbide tools.
 
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More and more great ideas, I will be busy this winter for sure. nice work…
 
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That copper wire inlay is so so very cool.

I may be stealing that idea some day; credit where it is due, of course.
 
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Thanks Arlin, Dick, Nathan,Brian and Brian!!

Hi Nathan. I just had to do a light scrape cut on the turquoise and copper and then power sand. Like in the video, you may have to sand a little more in some areas to make the copper pattern the same all the way around. I did a little of that. the turquoise dulls the HHS tools a bit but I sharpen a lot any way. Carbide would not know the difference.

Hi Brian. If you do try it, have the CA and the accelerator/acetone handy to get the wire held down all the way around.

Cheers, Jim
 

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