Umm, more bowls...

[Chris Barton]

Hi Guys,

Here are a couple of the bowls I turned yesterday. The square bowl was my second attempt at trying to turn a square bowl, the first being fugly. The other, traditional shaped bowl is of Becote and was my first time to turn this wood. I like the Becote because it is very tight grained and dense, kind of like Cocobolo. The square bowl attempt is from some spalted maple I have had laying around.

Chris

[Jim Dunn]

Just beautiful!! What is the dimension of the square bowl across the corners?

Jim

[Roy Wall]

Chris,


Those bowls are terrific!! An so is the table they're sitting on.......tell us more!!

[Chris Barton]

Hi Guys,


The square bowl is 7" across diagonally. The case it is sitting on is my portable flytying desk (too many interests and too little time). Here are a couple of additional pics of it. It is made of curly maple and ash burl. The drawers have rare earth magnets holding the covers on the interior boxes dismantle to form tying tool racks (kind of like the Transformer line of toys). The finish is sprayed shelac tinted with Transtint "Golden Brown" alcohol based stain. Thanks for the kudos!

Chris

[John Hart]

Beautiful Chris! Bowls and table both!:)

[Roy Wall]

Chris - that is just beautiful!! Thank you.

Can you tell me how you make the top?

[Chris Barton]

Hi Roy,

The top is Ash burl veneered on to a piece if 12 mm baltic birch with a balance sheet of maple on the reverse. I used a vacuum press to do the veneering and trimmed the piece in curly maple.

Chris

[Carole Valentine]

Both beautiful, Chris, but I particularly like the Bocote. I have not had the nrve to try turning a square bowl yet.:D

[Glenn Hodges]

All of that is just beautiful.

[Ernie Nyvall]

Beautiful work on all you posts Chris. I like the form and finish on all of your bowls. That's a heck of a fly tying station...real nice.

Ernie