Greg Ketell
01-07-2013, 7:30 PM
Mostly following Jim Burr's tutorial I created this Tazmanian Eucalyptus Burl salt bowl for my spouse.
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About 3-3/8" diameter/tall. My wife picked the shape, I would have gone with a wider base but she is the one who will be using it the most.
Finished with lots of coats of Deft Lacquer and then buffed out with red and then white rouge.
Cracks filled with Epoxy+Coffee.
I used a piece of 1/8" stainless as the hinge pin with a brass bushing in the lid. Both bought at a local hardware store.
A pair of 3/16" x 1/16" magnets hold it closed. Tiny magnets ordered from K&J Magnetics.
Lessons learned:
find out before finishing that your wife disagrees with your taste for leaving the voids unfilled to show off the wood.
hand sanding coffee-filled epoxy is a real pain in the _____.
drill the hinge holes before making the lid nice and rounded.
actually: rough turn, drill the hinge holes, drill a small-diameter set of temp-holes where the magnet will be, then pin the lid in place and finish turn it. Makes it MUCH easier to have everything line up after turning. When you are ready, the temp-holes are your drill guides for the magnets.
Instant coffee, not grounds work best for coloring epoxy.
Make sure your lid is LIGHT or it will tip the bowl over when opened. And returning a nicely rounded and finished lid sucks.
Small feet to have the bowl "float" don't work on something that is an off-balance turning (like a bowl with a pivoting lid). And trying to remove a foot on a nicely finished, rounded turning sucks.
Comments and Critiques appreciated!
Thanks, Jim, for the tutorial.
(click photos for bigger versions)
250413 250414
250415 250416
About 3-3/8" diameter/tall. My wife picked the shape, I would have gone with a wider base but she is the one who will be using it the most.
Finished with lots of coats of Deft Lacquer and then buffed out with red and then white rouge.
Cracks filled with Epoxy+Coffee.
I used a piece of 1/8" stainless as the hinge pin with a brass bushing in the lid. Both bought at a local hardware store.
A pair of 3/16" x 1/16" magnets hold it closed. Tiny magnets ordered from K&J Magnetics.
Lessons learned:
find out before finishing that your wife disagrees with your taste for leaving the voids unfilled to show off the wood.
hand sanding coffee-filled epoxy is a real pain in the _____.
drill the hinge holes before making the lid nice and rounded.
actually: rough turn, drill the hinge holes, drill a small-diameter set of temp-holes where the magnet will be, then pin the lid in place and finish turn it. Makes it MUCH easier to have everything line up after turning. When you are ready, the temp-holes are your drill guides for the magnets.
Instant coffee, not grounds work best for coloring epoxy.
Make sure your lid is LIGHT or it will tip the bowl over when opened. And returning a nicely rounded and finished lid sucks.
Small feet to have the bowl "float" don't work on something that is an off-balance turning (like a bowl with a pivoting lid). And trying to remove a foot on a nicely finished, rounded turning sucks.
Comments and Critiques appreciated!
Thanks, Jim, for the tutorial.