Keith Palmer
10-06-2009, 1:14 AM
Been away from the lathe for a while doing house repairs over the summer. It sure felt good to do some turning!:D:D
While waiting to apply the finish to peppermills #112 & 113 I was asked by my boss to turn a couple of bowls as going away gifts for his boss. I chose to turn them from products he worked on developing during his career at Weyerhaeuser. The first bowl came from a TimberStrand iBrace that we tested in our lab. The bowl is 11″ wide x 3.5″ deep and 7/16″ wall thickness and finished with walnut oil/carnauba wax. The second bowl was made from laminated pieces of LVL (laminated veneer lumber). It is 9.5″ wide x 5.5″ deep and 3/8″ wall thickness. I am not real happy with the tearout on this bowl, but since LVL is a construction grade product the veneers have some bad checking and voids not leaving much support for a good cut. I hope to practice more and get a better cut on this material. I finished this bowl with satin wipe-on polyurethane. I wanted the note and signature on the bottom to look more professional so I found a local laser engraver. I really love how the engraving turned out on the bottoms.
Let me know what you think!
http://kapsworkshop.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/img_6004.jpg
http://kapsworkshop.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/img_6007.jpg
http://kapsworkshop.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/img_6002.jpg
http://kapsworkshop.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/img_5998.jpg
http://kapsworkshop.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/img_5995.jpg
http://kapsworkshop.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/img_5999.jpg
While waiting to apply the finish to peppermills #112 & 113 I was asked by my boss to turn a couple of bowls as going away gifts for his boss. I chose to turn them from products he worked on developing during his career at Weyerhaeuser. The first bowl came from a TimberStrand iBrace that we tested in our lab. The bowl is 11″ wide x 3.5″ deep and 7/16″ wall thickness and finished with walnut oil/carnauba wax. The second bowl was made from laminated pieces of LVL (laminated veneer lumber). It is 9.5″ wide x 5.5″ deep and 3/8″ wall thickness. I am not real happy with the tearout on this bowl, but since LVL is a construction grade product the veneers have some bad checking and voids not leaving much support for a good cut. I hope to practice more and get a better cut on this material. I finished this bowl with satin wipe-on polyurethane. I wanted the note and signature on the bottom to look more professional so I found a local laser engraver. I really love how the engraving turned out on the bottoms.
Let me know what you think!
http://kapsworkshop.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/img_6004.jpg
http://kapsworkshop.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/img_6007.jpg
http://kapsworkshop.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/img_6002.jpg
http://kapsworkshop.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/img_5998.jpg
http://kapsworkshop.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/img_5995.jpg
http://kapsworkshop.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/img_5999.jpg