Slow Day at the Mill for Turners

[Raymond Overman]

Since it's been a slow morning for turners at the Mill, I thought I might post a picture of one of my peach semi-closed forms. I turned this a few months ago. It measures about 7" in diameter and 3 1/2" tall. It has a danish oil and wax finish.

I've named it "Draped Scarf" because of the way the darker wood drapes around the shoulders of the rim.

Just for my interest, what would your formula price this bowl at? Don't be shy .

A formula I use is ((diameter X height) X 1.5) + materials . The 1.5 changes depending on the selling venue and the customer's attitude. Materials change depending on what I had to go through to get them or if it's particularly different than anything else I've seen.

[Ted Calver]

Ray,
This is a nice looking bowl. I didn't realize peach had that much color in it. Does it suffer the same level of cracking and distortion in drying that we normally expect from fruit woods like apple? Again, nice work.
Ted

[Raymond Overman]

This piece warped slightly but not as much as some others I've had. You have to take some special care not to end up with firewood with the peach.

[Ernie Nyvall]

Well that is a real peach of a bowl Raymond. That grain is really something. Nice job.

Ernie