Alan Zenreich
09-23-2010, 10:02 PM
The adventure continues.... my third and fourth bowls.
The smaller one is made from Chinaberry. It's about 5" in diameter.
This was my first experiment using Turner's Choice. The roughed out bowl was soaked in Turner's Choice for 24 hours, then dried for 3 days.
When finish turning, the wood turned much like very dry wood... nice not to have to wait months for the bowl to dry before finish turning.
The final turned bowl was soaked in Danish Oil, then finished with Tru-Oil, then buffed.
The shallow bowl is ambrosia maple, about 7" in diameter. Hard to tell from these photos, the upper portion has a subtle ogee shape.
This was a lovely collaboration. We roughed it out at Bill Grumbine's shop in PA. I turned the outside, and Lauren turned the inside.
Soaked in Turner's Choice and dried, I did the finish turning the following weekend.
Lauren was the first to notice the Modigliani-ish face that appeared during rough turning. We worked to preserve it during the finish turning.
At the time of this photo, the bowl has only Danish Oil and light buffing. We might try a wipe on poly... we haven't tried that yet.
The smaller one is made from Chinaberry. It's about 5" in diameter.
This was my first experiment using Turner's Choice. The roughed out bowl was soaked in Turner's Choice for 24 hours, then dried for 3 days.
When finish turning, the wood turned much like very dry wood... nice not to have to wait months for the bowl to dry before finish turning.
The final turned bowl was soaked in Danish Oil, then finished with Tru-Oil, then buffed.
The shallow bowl is ambrosia maple, about 7" in diameter. Hard to tell from these photos, the upper portion has a subtle ogee shape.
This was a lovely collaboration. We roughed it out at Bill Grumbine's shop in PA. I turned the outside, and Lauren turned the inside.
Soaked in Turner's Choice and dried, I did the finish turning the following weekend.
Lauren was the first to notice the Modigliani-ish face that appeared during rough turning. We worked to preserve it during the finish turning.
At the time of this photo, the bowl has only Danish Oil and light buffing. We might try a wipe on poly... we haven't tried that yet.