Bill Grumbine
11-15-2005, 8:59 AM
Greetings all
A couple of weeks ago I posted a picture of a spalted elm burl bowl. Last week I turned the core. I was only able to get two bowls out of the entire chunk because of the spalting, but still it was well worth it. If the wood had been in better shape, I would have been able to do at least three.
<img src="http://www.enter.net/~ultradad/spaltedelmcore01.jpg">
This little guy is 7" in diameter and 5" high, and about 3/16" thick. It is finished with Bush Oil and buffed on the outside with a Beall wheel, and hand rubbed with steel wool and Butcher's Wax on the inside.
<img src="http://www.enter.net/~ultradad/spaltedelmburlvase01.jpg">
Here is a rerun of the main bowl if anyone is interested in doing a side by side comparison. It is 10" high and 10" in diameter and about the same thickness as the smaller one. This one is finished with Watco and buffed the same way as the small one.
Thanks for taking a look.
Bill
A couple of weeks ago I posted a picture of a spalted elm burl bowl. Last week I turned the core. I was only able to get two bowls out of the entire chunk because of the spalting, but still it was well worth it. If the wood had been in better shape, I would have been able to do at least three.
<img src="http://www.enter.net/~ultradad/spaltedelmcore01.jpg">
This little guy is 7" in diameter and 5" high, and about 3/16" thick. It is finished with Bush Oil and buffed on the outside with a Beall wheel, and hand rubbed with steel wool and Butcher's Wax on the inside.
<img src="http://www.enter.net/~ultradad/spaltedelmburlvase01.jpg">
Here is a rerun of the main bowl if anyone is interested in doing a side by side comparison. It is 10" high and 10" in diameter and about the same thickness as the smaller one. This one is finished with Watco and buffed the same way as the small one.
Thanks for taking a look.
Bill