Pierced bowl

[Ken George]

Here is a Black Locust bowl that I pierced today. I drilled a series of holes in 3 rings around the area to be pierced. They weren't enough and additional holes were drilled with the burr that I was using. It went pretty well. Just one oops where the burr drifted into an adjacent area. You can probably find it in the picture.
It has just one coat of still wet natural Danish Oil.

Any tips on getting the oil on the edges of the piercing? It's rather messy trying to do it with a rag or brush.

Any other comments or critiques are welcome.

Ken

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Ken....that is a beauty in every way! Very nicely done Sir!

[Steve Schlumpf]

Very nice work Ken! About the only thing I can think of to get oil on all the edges would be to dip/submerge the bowl into the oil. That would get everything covered but doubt it would be any less messy than a foam brush!

[Bernie Weishapl]

The bowl is a beauty. I really like that pierced rim. The one I did I just used a foam brush and soaked it. No more of a mess than dipping.

[Jim Kountz]

Nice job, what exactly did you use for the piercing??
Fantastic!!

[Paul Douglass]

Great looking bowl!

[Keith Burns]

Very nice Ken, great job on the piercing. One of these days maybe..........

[Ken George]

Jim,
I used my Dremel with the flex shaft and a 1/8" carbide burr. It was done in 3 sittings and took a total of about 2 hours.
Ken

[Steve Campbell]

Ken I used to do a lot of fretwork on the scrollsaw. I used to just dip the piece in oil. Then just wipe off what you can. I always use the compressor and blow out all the oil from all the little nooks and crannies. You may have to wipe the oil off a couple times.

Steve

[George Morris]

That is really very striking! Great work! George

[David Christopher]

Ken, that is a very nice bowl

[Toney Robertson]

Very nice.

Did you have a pattern for the piercing or did you do it on the fly?

Toney

[Wayne Bitting]

That looks amazing! After doing a couple of piercings with just a Dremel, I picked up the flex shaft to make it easier. You've inspired me to get all of my pens done and break it out and give it a try. Nice job!

[Richard Madison]

That is very cool Ken! How thick was the rim where you did the piercing?

[Leo Van Der Loo]

Really like that a lot, that's some very nice work Ken, lovely.

[Don Eddard]

Very nice work Ken. You did a great job on the bowl itself, and the piercing looks excellent to me. Your pattern is nice and random. That's hard to do.

[Ken George]

To answer questions posted:
I did not use a pattern, except that I drilled a series of holes in 3 rings while it was still on the lathe. These were not enough and a few holes were drilled using the burr I was piercing with.
The edge of the bowl was a little thicker than I wanted at about 3/32". I was hoping to get down to 1/16". The rim started vibrating and with the few small knots there I was concerned about losing it so I stopped. Had to do some sanding to even out the back side of the rim.
Thanks to all for the comments.

[Richard Madison]

Thanks Ken. Great piece of work.