Keith Palmer
11-22-2012, 2:04 PM
Happy Thanksgiving!
I haven't been turning much, nor have I been spending time at the computer. I did turn a couple of bowls in March to donate to a charity auction. The first piece I grabbed was a piece of Magnolia that I won at our last Christmas party. The bowl is 8 inches in diameter and 2 inches deep. The second was a piece of Western Maple I had laying around. This one was about 10 inches in diameter and 3 inches deep. I finished both bowls with walnut oil.
I also turned a peppermill and salt shaker for a friends wedding gift. They are my typical design out of laminated padauk, maple, and black veneer. I used a new finishing technique I learned from Stephen Hatcher (http://stephenhatcher.com/index.php) to fill in the pores of the wood with a flexible epoxy. While I was sanding them, I told my wife that I would never do it again! But after I saw the finish, I may do it a agian. I then sprayed them with an instrument grade lacquer. I wet sanded them with 1500 grit once the lacquer had cured. Then I buffed them to a beautifully smooth glasslike finish! These are my favorite so far.
http://kapsworkshop.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/img_0190.jpg
http://kapsworkshop.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/img_0192.jpg
http://kapsworkshop.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/img_0193.jpg
http://kapsworkshop.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/img_0194.jpg
http://kapsworkshop.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/img_0195.jpg
I haven't been turning much, nor have I been spending time at the computer. I did turn a couple of bowls in March to donate to a charity auction. The first piece I grabbed was a piece of Magnolia that I won at our last Christmas party. The bowl is 8 inches in diameter and 2 inches deep. The second was a piece of Western Maple I had laying around. This one was about 10 inches in diameter and 3 inches deep. I finished both bowls with walnut oil.
I also turned a peppermill and salt shaker for a friends wedding gift. They are my typical design out of laminated padauk, maple, and black veneer. I used a new finishing technique I learned from Stephen Hatcher (http://stephenhatcher.com/index.php) to fill in the pores of the wood with a flexible epoxy. While I was sanding them, I told my wife that I would never do it again! But after I saw the finish, I may do it a agian. I then sprayed them with an instrument grade lacquer. I wet sanded them with 1500 grit once the lacquer had cured. Then I buffed them to a beautifully smooth glasslike finish! These are my favorite so far.
http://kapsworkshop.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/img_0190.jpg
http://kapsworkshop.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/img_0192.jpg
http://kapsworkshop.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/img_0193.jpg
http://kapsworkshop.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/img_0194.jpg
http://kapsworkshop.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/img_0195.jpg