Soft Maple NE Bowl

[Rich Aldrich]

This is a soft maple NE bowl 7" x 2.5" high, 3/8 thick. This one also has the rays going perpendicular to the growth rings. Although, I call it natural edge, it was run through a Nicholson A6 ring debarker, so maybe it is a debarked natural edge.

[Bob Bergstrom]

You guys on the UP sure get some pretty maple. Great job sowing it off.

[Eric Gourieux]

That's really nice - and interesting wood. I would call it natural edge. Just not a "bark" edge

[Roger Chandler]

I agree with Bob............really nice wood. Good form on it Rich!

[Dan Jechura]

i love when i find the ray's in maple. great job

[jwjerry w kowalski]

Great looking wood and what a nice job of finishing, looks satin smooth.

[Peter P. Brown]

Nice looking bowl! I love the bark inclusions.

Was this branch wood bychance?

[Rich Aldrich]

Nice looking bowl! I love the bark inclusions.

Was this branch wood bychance?

No, this was not branch wood. This was a burl on the side of the log. When we start to cut logs in the sawmill, we cut the outer slabs off and the go to the chipper operator. He pulls slabs off the conveyor if they have burls and cuts burls out of them. He saves them for us.

[Rich Aldrich]

Thank you for the compliments. I tried something different with the finish. I dilute wipe on poly with naphtha - about 40% naphtha. It is probably thinner coat but it is easier to work with.

[Thomas Canfield]

That is a nice barkless natural edge piece. Some pieces are supposed to hold on to their bark, and some give it up pretty easy. What is a "Nicholson A6 ring debarker"? Seeing some pieces with the bark "fastened or repaired" is like seeing a bad hair toupee.

[Rich Aldrich]

Thomas, a Nicholson A6 ring debarker is a large piece of machinery used for volume debarking. It can debark at a maximum rate of 125 feet per minute. We use it for the sawmill where we debark up to 1800 logs in 8 1/2 hours which equates to about 81,000 board feet of hardwood lumber.

[Billy Tallant]

Very nice looking bowl!