More bowls from boards

[Chris Colman]

Been experimenting with making bowls from 3/4 board stock.

They are made out of cedar, moradillo, walnut and a checkerboard one made out of maple and cherry.

Moradillo (bolivian rosewood) is a funny wood. Smells like coffee when you turn it. I could not get WOP to set up on it, it stayed gummy for days. I cleaned it off and put on a friction polish instead.

Going to do some more experimenting with some veneer glue-ups. I will post when I get some made.

C&C welcome.

Merry Christmas!

[John Keeton]

Nice work, Chris - the walnut would be my pick!

[Bill White]

Looks great. What about some edge shots? Maybe showing the thickness? What was your final finish? Any reason to try the WOP first rather than a oil,wax, or standard varnish?
Bill

[Kevin Lucas]

The walnut has my vote as well. I can't even see seam lines and the grain match and pattern is great )

[Donny Lawson]

Great pieces. The Walnut one looks to have no lines at all.

[Deane Allinson]

Vote walnut too. The Moradillo is a beautiful wood and polishes out nicely. Watch out though, I had to get steroid shots because of it when I was making boxes. I don't use it any more.
Deane

[Chris Colman]

Looks great. What about some edge shots? Maybe showing the thickness? What was your final finish? Any reason to try the WOP first rather than a oil,wax, or standard varnish?
Bill

Here are some side shots.

I like gloss poly finishes, and WOP is quick and easy to apply.

I have never tried oil or wax finishes, or varnish. I have had real good luck with polyurethane, except over oily woods like morado or cocobolo.

For the morado I used Mylands friction polish.

[Allan Ferguson]

Nice work and I like them all.

[Bill Hensley]

I'm liking them all as well. I think I'll glue up some boards...

[Bernie Weishapl]

Really nice bowls but I am partial to walnut.

[Joe Watson]

Cool stuff... i too dig the walnut because... well... its walnut :) and your glue up and grain matching was great - looking on the inside, its really hard to spot the glue lines, really nice job. The colors of the Moradillo and Cedar are really appealing, thats some nice wood.

[Robert Newton]

Like the bowls, similar to what I make using a Ringmaster with very little waste.
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[Baxter Smith]

Nice work. I like them all and the grain patterns are very interesting to look at.

[Michelle Rich]

glad to see BfromB's here. I have made so many I can't count. they were my best sellers for eons. I went thru a spell where I tried to "upgrade" the devils and make them more palatable to " died in the wool" turners. The 2nd one is my favorite. the color is wonderful. Well done.

[Justin Stephen]

Agreed, love the moradillo one in particular. What spectacular wood. I like that you offset the grain slightly (a look I prefer on most bowl-from-a-board pieces) but kept it close enough that the light and dark stayed together with the base on the inside.

[Paul Williams]

I really like the way the grain hides the seams on the walnut bowl. Also interesting grain pattern on number two.