Kathy Marshall
10-16-2011, 1:39 AM
Last weekend I had a visit from fellow Creeker Barry Richardson. We did a little wood exchange, and one of the smaller pieces he brought for me was a med sized round blank of Red Gum. It was a dry blank and completely intact (no cracks).
I decided to go with an NE bowl. Don't know if it's just the nature of this wood, or my technique and tool control, but getting a clean cut was not easy and there was quite a bit of tear out, especially on the outside where the cut was interrupted. I cleaned it up as best I could by shear scraping and then sanded until I thought my hand was gonna fall off.
6 1/2" x 4 1/2" finished with DO and Ren wax. The DO really darkened this up.
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This was good practice for the large block of Red Gum and the large round blank of Ironwood that Barry also left (I think I got the better end of this deal :eek: ).
Thanks Barry!
Thanks for looking!
Comments and critiques are welcome.
I decided to go with an NE bowl. Don't know if it's just the nature of this wood, or my technique and tool control, but getting a clean cut was not easy and there was quite a bit of tear out, especially on the outside where the cut was interrupted. I cleaned it up as best I could by shear scraping and then sanded until I thought my hand was gonna fall off.
6 1/2" x 4 1/2" finished with DO and Ren wax. The DO really darkened this up.
210267210266210268
This was good practice for the large block of Red Gum and the large round blank of Ironwood that Barry also left (I think I got the better end of this deal :eek: ).
Thanks Barry!
Thanks for looking!
Comments and critiques are welcome.