Lee Schierer
09-16-2003, 10:39 AM
While in Washington, enjoying Sophie's picnic Dave Smith graciously offered to help me turn a piece of wood that Sophie had laying around in his shop. It was a piece of plum that had been harvested some time before and sealed. Dave said "go ahead and turn it Lee, its not my wood!" As we were to discover as we started turnig, the wood had several serious checks in it. With Dave's patience, guidance and the help of some thin CA glue we discovered what sort of bowl was hidden inside the piece and avoided most of the checks and cracks.
The bowl was sanded to 320 grit, burnished with shavings and finished with three coats of Minwax Antique Oil finish. The true color is pretty much the color shown in the second photo. The Flared lip is about 5/32" thick and the side walls are a bit thicker as we were concerned about the checks if we got it too thin. I wrapped it in plastic to get it home and while awaiting the finish. Still the checks did open slightly as the exposed wood acclimated itself to being exposed to the air.
My thanks to Sophie for the piece of plum and to Dave Smith for his experience and guidance on making this happen and finally to Ken Salisbury for giving me a great finish idea.
No, I am not ordering a lathe!
The bowl was sanded to 320 grit, burnished with shavings and finished with three coats of Minwax Antique Oil finish. The true color is pretty much the color shown in the second photo. The Flared lip is about 5/32" thick and the side walls are a bit thicker as we were concerned about the checks if we got it too thin. I wrapped it in plastic to get it home and while awaiting the finish. Still the checks did open slightly as the exposed wood acclimated itself to being exposed to the air.
My thanks to Sophie for the piece of plum and to Dave Smith for his experience and guidance on making this happen and finally to Ken Salisbury for giving me a great finish idea.
No, I am not ordering a lathe!