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Ken Hill
11-29-2010, 4:04 PM
Baxter was kind enough to leave me some of his apple when he was up a few weeks back. I have been wanting to turn apple for awhile and settled on a thin bowl that I would let warp and do its thing. It did develope 2 small cracks that were CA glued and appear to be just fine now.

DNA soak and 1 coat of MAO, but will be recieving several more coats and a buff job

http://kenhill.smugmug.com/Other/Calls/CMR3142/1108946967_gPK6M-M.jpg

http://kenhill.smugmug.com/Other/Calls/CMR3135/1108946576_PBDth-L.jpg

The warping actually looks really good in person, but I cant seem to capture it on film.

http://kenhill.smugmug.com/Other/Calls/CMR3137/1108946812_z4T7f-L.jpg
Ray Bell
11-29-2010, 4:21 PM
I like the warping Ken. It adds character. What is MAO?
bob svoboda
11-29-2010, 4:25 PM
Very nice bowl. That wood has some character!
Ken Hill
11-29-2010, 4:26 PM
MAO= Minwax Antique Oil
David Gilbert
11-29-2010, 5:15 PM
I like your bowl and wonder, how thin is thin and what are the approximate diameter and height?

I have some apple that I need to work on before Christmas. I've been doing the microwave drying route and the apple certainly does move!

Cheers,
David
Ken Hill
11-29-2010, 5:16 PM
Its 7.5 x 6.5 x 2.5 and a 1/8 thick. Its the thinest ive ever turned.
charlie knighton
11-29-2010, 5:45 PM
you did good with some difficult wood, thanks for sharing
Baxter Smith
11-29-2010, 6:01 PM
Nice job Ken! I really enjoy seeing it. It has some nice color though the red will darken a lot. I wouldn't be in too much of a rush to take it into a warm dry house. It might be fine but...:). I have not done the DNA soak so maybe you will be fine. I assume the cracks are the top two dark lines on the left in the first picture. When I first started working with some of the wood from that tree, I thought they were going to be neat spalt lines. Not!! Thanks for posting. Hope your back is feeling a little better!
Ken Hill
11-29-2010, 6:03 PM
Not much better but I aint sitting still no more!

I oiled it , now 2 coats and its back in the shop. I think it will be ok, I put it in a brown bag just to be safe
Bernie Weishapl
11-29-2010, 7:48 PM
Great looking bowl and wood. I like the warping. It just adds character.