? Wood Bowl

[Rich Aldrich]

A friend wanted me to make a bowl out of a pice of wood that was in a taxidermy display. Her husband is a taxidermist and they rebuilt one of their displays. This was a piece of wood left over, so she wanted a bowl. I dont know what kind of wood it is but it has beautiful grain.

The bowl is about 6" diameter and 2 1/4 high. It is about 1/4" thick - I like heavier bowls.

[Mike Cruz]

You are right, Rich, that is some pretty wood! I'm thinking it might not be domestic. The grain is awfully tight. But then again, I have no idea what it is, so I'll just say ELM. How's that for a random guess (that is likely SO wrong). :D I like seeing wood that has been...repurposed like this. Otherwise, it might have gotten thrown away or burned.

Looks like you got a nice smooth finish on it, too. I'm sure they will love it.

[tom martin]

Nice piece, it looks like birch burl to me
Tom

[Bob Bergstrom]

Nice work Rich, Looks kinda of like some type of fruit wood. Great job making it look its best.

[Lee Koepke]

very nice. its amazing the unique finds we run across.

[Pat Scott]

I was going to guess Elm also. I've never turned Birch so have no experience with it. Nice little bowl that your friend will no doubt be thrilled to get.

For a 6" diameter bowl, I don't consider 1/4" to be thick either. I'm curious why you print and sign your name? Never seen both before.

[Dave Cullen]

Very pretty. How big was the blank, and what had been mounted to it?

[Dennis Nagle]

Very nice work but you must have heat in your shop. It was -10 in S.E. Michigan the other day and I can't imagine the weather you got up there.

[Rich Aldrich]

Thank you all for the comments.


Very pretty. How big was the blank, and what had been mounted to it?

The blank was oblong - about 7" wide x 11" long. It had been cut in half. I dont know what it was mounted to - there were not screw holes, but there were 4 holes in the blank where there was wire to hold the animal feet to the block of wood. The wire probably held it to the rest of the scene.

[Rich Aldrich]

Very nice work but you must have heat in your shop. It was -10 in S.E. Michigan the other day and I can't imagine the weather you got up there.

Yes, my shop is heated. I heat with an outdoor wood boiler. It heats my house and shop. I went through quite a bit of fire wood. December wasnt too kind either.

[Gary Herrmann]

Very nice rim on that!

[Rich Aldrich]

I finally delivered the bowl today. They are quite positive the wood is maple burl.

[Arlin Eastman]

Rich

My first response is this is red elm because I have use a lot of it before. Another wood it could be is Big Leaf Maple from out west.

Arlin

[James Combs]

Rich
My first response is this is red elm because I have use a lot of it before. Another wood it could be is Big Leaf Maple from out west.
Arlin
I was going to say that it looks a lot like a Cherry burl but now that Arlin has mentioned BLM I could see that as well.
Great looking in any case.