Rain delay-Finishing some Cherry Bowls

[Ken Hill]

It is pouring down rain here this morning, so I wimp'd out and did not head to my treestand:o Instead, I broke in the Vacuum chuck and new threaded tailstock and started finishing some of the Cherry bowls I have been working on.


9 x 1.5 x 1/4
Laquer rubbed in followed by a wax

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[Norm Zax]

Very nice finish! Good overall job.

[John Keeton]

Ken, your game call background really has added finishing to your list of accomplishments!! Really nice!

[Ken Hill]

Thanks, but sanding a call sure is alot easier then a bowl haha!

[Steve Vaughan]

Nice bowl! And, I'm loving my vacuum set up too!

[Ken Hill]

I agree, this thing works like a champ. Ive even gotten good at centering the bowl for sanding once the tenon is removed:D

I think I will be ordering a power sander...my hands are killing me!

[Michael E. Thompson]

Ken,

I really like the finish, cherry is one of my favorites. I think it will look really nice when it darkens as well.

Its always a tough decision between treestand and lathe. Treestand has been winning lately for me.

[Ken Hill]

Micheal, I keep an eye out the back door on days like this. The rain has stopped, and 2 Does fed through about an hour ago. This evening should be a great hunt!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Really nice bowl and the finish really looks good Ken.

[Baxter Smith]

Looking good!

[Ken Hill]

Thanks Baxter.

One more done. These are the first few bowls ive turned, so the design may leave alot to be desired from a shape stand point, but you got to start somewhere:D

8.5x3
Same finish as above


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[skott nielsen]

That's a really nice finish. Can you detail the steps involved?

[Roger Chandler]

That is some pretty stuff there, Ken! Not a bad way to use up a rainy morning, even if it did not have antlers! :D;)

[Ken Hill]

That's a really nice finish. Can you detail the steps involved?


Scott, very basic. sand from 80 to 400, apply deft brushing laquer, rub in with lathe running wait till its dry then wax or buff. The friction from teh rub in dries the laquer almost immediatley

[David Reed]

Not having turned any actually functionally useful bowls, cannot comment much on the design but the color and finish are both gorgeous. No dye? Does not resemble the cherry I have used in the past.
David

[Ken Hill]

Power company cut it down for me last year, and I cut it into slabs immediatley and sealed it. Everything from that tree looks just like this....and will darken ofcourse.