Cedar Bowl

[dan carter]

From time to time, it is interesting to look at product being made throughout it's various steps. Thought you might enjoy this one. The finished bowl is 4 x 10. The sealer coat is gloss lacquer, then several coats of tung oil, and finally buffed and micro crystaline waxed.

[Dan Forman]

Interesting shape, and the wood is gorgeous.

Dan

[alex grams]

Love the shape. The shape and the color make the piece feel light, almost slightly translucent.

[Quinn McCarthy]

Nice bowl Dan!!.

Seeing as that is cedar did you rough this one out or just turn it wet.

Quinn

[Michelle Rich]

thanks for the progress pictures..neat to "watch" it come alive!

[Dick Wilson]

It doesn't get any better than red cedar. Nice wall thickness.

[Mike Tilley]

Dan nice looking bowl cedar looks great finished

[Jim Burr]

Beautiful color Dan...no bugs in your shop for a while!

[David Starks]

Thats awesome! I love the look of red cedar.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Really nice form Dan and love the color. I do love turning cedar.

[Baxter Smith]

Fun to watch the transition from "is that turnable?" to "neat work" Dan.

[David E Keller]

That's pretty! I guess I'm wondering how the pith will react in a piece like this... Will you let us know if you have any troubles with it? That kind of cedar is really plentiful around here, and if the pith is relatively stable, I may have to try a form from a whole log section like this.

[dan carter]

While not dry, this tree has been down 3+ years. Some products from it have caused problems but many have not. I live in a fairly high, dry, and cool climate. I certainly have had some things go ballistic and split big time. I posted this cedar bowl in November, 2010, my wife claimed it and it still looks just like it did when this photo was taken. Of course, the pith was almost naturally already gone. So, David, I would give it a try.

[Kathy Marshall]

Nice bowl and the wood is really cool, lots going on there!

[Donny Lawson]

Very nice colors and a great design. Tell me more about the extra chuck thingy you have in the 6th pic. Is that screwed to the work piece or just being used as a dead center? Looks neat. I haven't thought of something like that. Let me know.

[dan carter]

It is Jerry's chuck design. You basically drive it into the wood with 4-5 wraps with a mallet. They work quite well. His instructions can be found:

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/content.php?130-Review-Jerry-Marcantel%E2%80%99s-Chuck-Plate