Tom Winship
09-20-2011, 6:17 PM
A friend let me have some live oak that was cut down for a right of way. Not one to be discouraged about it being live oak, I have made several bowls from it. All green.
My wife has been wanting me to make a larger bow, so that was what I started out to do this afternoon. Hard to make an 11" bowl when the blank is only 8".
This one wound up 7" in dia. x 5" tall. I was really working the gouge in a crowded space. Decided to sand to 600, finish with tack cloth and remove tenon.
Thanks to Kathy Marshall for giving me the courage to go from log to bowl in a couple of hours. Will bag it now.
Comments and criticism invited.
My wife has been wanting me to make a larger bow, so that was what I started out to do this afternoon. Hard to make an 11" bowl when the blank is only 8".
This one wound up 7" in dia. x 5" tall. I was really working the gouge in a crowded space. Decided to sand to 600, finish with tack cloth and remove tenon.
Thanks to Kathy Marshall for giving me the courage to go from log to bowl in a couple of hours. Will bag it now.
Comments and criticism invited.