Maple Bowl

[Greg Just]

This silver maple bowl is the largest bowl (13 inches) that I have turned. It is about 4 inches deep. The rim is textured following a method of using an engraver I learned from Molly Winton. The rim was then painted with black gesso and finshed with General Finishes WTF. The finish was a bit too shiny for me so I knocked it down with some steel wool. Turning something this big forced me to make a new donut chuck in order to finish the bottom.

I should have mentioned that this wood was courtesy of Creeker Doug Swanson who gave it to me over 2 years ago.

[Roger Chandler]

Very nice form, and I like the bottom..........nice rim treatment.........makes for a bowl with eye appeal.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Greg that is a nice looking bowl. That wood turners finish turned out pretty nice. I ordered a quart of it and will just fill my 8 oz bottle.

[John Keeton]

Well done, Greg! I like the textured/black rim. Do you ever just use a jam chuck to finish the bottom? I rarely use a donut chuck anymore - especially with a vacuum setup or using jam chucking.

[Richard Jones]

Greg,

I love that foot! Great use of color for the contrast. Turns an otherwise stark bowl into an eye-catcher.

Thanks for sharing.

Rich

[Greg Just]

Well done, Greg! I like the textured/black rim. Do you ever just use a jam chuck to finish the bottom? I rarely use a donut chuck anymore - especially with a vacuum setup or using jam chucking.

John:

I had an accident a couple of years ago turning the other half of this same log and cut my thumb requiring a trip to the ER. I didn't want a repeat that's why I went with the donut. A vacuum chuck is on my wish list and hope to add that to my collection of tools next year. I don't turn a lot of bowls and rarely are they this big.

[charlie knighton]

Greg, very nice, love the form and the edge

[Doug W Swanson]

Great looking bowl, Greg! I really like the edge treatment and the foot....

Do you want any more of that maple? I still have some left!

[Steve Schlumpf]

Greg - that is a real nice bowl! I like the color contrast, the defined rim and the classic form! Nice work!

[Rich Aldrich]

Greg, I really like the bowl. The wood has more character than I thought it would.

[Scott Lux]

Simple, elegant, beautiful. What else could you ask of it?