Some Recent Bowls

[John Altberg]

Some walnut bowls that I finished over the week-end. Walnut was harvested last August, cut to round blanks and sealed on all sides with Anchorseal. Left on a shelf in the open in my unheated garage through four seasons. Rough turned two weeks ago and soaked in DNA. Takes a LONG TIME to test a procedure. I am satisfied with the results. Apologies for the poor photography - it was done quickly with my iPhone!

John

[Allen Neighbors]

Those are beautiful bowls!! I love the feather in the largest one! Nice forms and the finish looks great! Stick your chest out, John, your procedure worked well!!

[Baxter Smith]

Great looking bowls!

[David E Keller]

Nicely done... That crotch figure is fantastic.

[Leo Van Der Loo]

Nice work John, don't you just love Walnut :-))

[John Hart]

Great set John!! I like the crotch piece the best too. But they are all beauties. :)

[John Keeton]

Great work, John!! Love the walnut, and really nice forms on these.

How long did you leave the roughout in the DNA? I haven't attempted that process yet.

[Keith Burns]

I love a well turned bowl, and all of these fall into that catagory.

[Harvey Ghesser]

Nice work, John!

Being that you've had them out of the DNA only for two weeks, don't you think that the wood is still capable of ovaling? Were they really dry before the DNA?:confused:

[Tom Sherman]

Some great bowls John, walnut is the best.

[charlie knighton]

very nice.....

[Donny Lawson]

VERY nice bowls.What kind of finish did you use?
Donny

[Bernie Weishapl]

Those are some nice bowls. John I soak my bowl blanks for about 3 to 5 days.

[John Altberg]

Thanks, all, for your kind words. Answers to your questions:

1) The large one is MY favorite, too, and will be kept.
2) Good thing I like walnut, as I have a bunch of it!
3) Finish is a tung oil finish, 3-4 coats, then buffed with EEE and Renaissance wax. (Skip the white diamond on walnut)
4) I soaked some of the bowls for a few hours and the rest for a few days, all dried the same way. If you are using a waste block DO NOT try a few days as you will be re-gluing your blocks. The glue was fine on the blanks soaked for a few hours.
5) I did not finish turn the bowls until they stopped losing weight, per Dave Smith's article on the process. The article is copyrighted and links to other forums are prohibited, so search "dna, soak, smith" to find his article on another forum.

Regards,

John

[Steve Schlumpf]

Very nice work on all the bowls John! Glad to hear you have a bunch of that wood! Looking forward to seeing more of it real soon!