Thomas Canfield
09-13-2020, 9:08 AM
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It seems there are some like me reading, but not posting. Here are some of the "returns" that I finished in August trying to work down some of the rough turned stock. The 3 pieces on left are NE (natural edge) pieces ranging from 13 to 18" long and 2 to 6" high. Bark was left on one when rough turned and it held through finishing. The 13"Lx4"H NE bowl in back is some soft maple, and the red streak 14"Lx5"H NE bowl in lower right is box elder. The 10"Dx3"H ash bowl in center is a "calabash" (round bottom) bowl done after the August local zoom club demo presentation. The 8"Dx11"H mesquite vase was turned side grain from short cutoff and left with NE. Mesquite was rough turned green about 3 weeks earlier and allowed to air dry then 3 weeks before sanding and finishing. Finish on all pieces was done by sanding to 400 grit, buffing with Tripoli, and then applying a wet coat of home brew Danish oil (extra varnish), dry wiped and allowed to dry. Then the buffing with Tripoli, and applying finish was done for total 3 coats. Then a final buffing with Tripoli and application of Renaissance wax with gentle buff.
Hope this generates some inspiration for others to post work done, even with my poor cell phone photo. I will add that this was probably less than 10% of time spent out in shop during this hunker down time. Sure glad to have the shop and plenty of projects to stay busy.
It seems there are some like me reading, but not posting. Here are some of the "returns" that I finished in August trying to work down some of the rough turned stock. The 3 pieces on left are NE (natural edge) pieces ranging from 13 to 18" long and 2 to 6" high. Bark was left on one when rough turned and it held through finishing. The 13"Lx4"H NE bowl in back is some soft maple, and the red streak 14"Lx5"H NE bowl in lower right is box elder. The 10"Dx3"H ash bowl in center is a "calabash" (round bottom) bowl done after the August local zoom club demo presentation. The 8"Dx11"H mesquite vase was turned side grain from short cutoff and left with NE. Mesquite was rough turned green about 3 weeks earlier and allowed to air dry then 3 weeks before sanding and finishing. Finish on all pieces was done by sanding to 400 grit, buffing with Tripoli, and then applying a wet coat of home brew Danish oil (extra varnish), dry wiped and allowed to dry. Then the buffing with Tripoli, and applying finish was done for total 3 coats. Then a final buffing with Tripoli and application of Renaissance wax with gentle buff.
Hope this generates some inspiration for others to post work done, even with my poor cell phone photo. I will add that this was probably less than 10% of time spent out in shop during this hunker down time. Sure glad to have the shop and plenty of projects to stay busy.