Ken Salisbury
10-03-2003, 6:42 AM
I picked up a chunk of cedar while at the Hatfield BBQ and turned a bowl from it last week. While turning the inside of the bowl and talking with my sawyer buddy who dropped by for me to do a small project for him (at the same time mind ya) I turned right through the bottom of the bowl into the recess area made to mount on my Nova chuck.
Oh what do I do now ? I let the thing sit for awhile and then I guess I got carried away with my creativity genes.
First I mounted the bowl on my Cole Jaws and trued up the hole in the bottom. Then I turned a round thing-a-ma-jiggy (actually half of a 2 ½" ball) and glued into the inside bowl bottom. I didn't like how the bottom of the bowl looked so I decided to take what was left of the cedar and make a pedestal to add to the bowl. The pics show the end result.
The bowl turned out to be 8 ½" diameter and 6 ½" tall. The cedar acted just like a large spounge when applying Minwax Tung Oil Finish. As fast as I could apply it it was totally soaked up. I ended up putting 6 applications of oil and a coat of Minwax Finishing Wax.
After I finished the bowl I still had a chunk left over from the piece I made the pedestal from - so I turned a small keepsake box (3 ½" dia x 4 ½" tall) from that. As usual, I inserted a signature logo medallion in both pieces.
The pictures actually do not do justice to these pieces. The cedar had some really nice figure in it which was nicely highlighted my the oil/wax finish.
Oh what do I do now ? I let the thing sit for awhile and then I guess I got carried away with my creativity genes.
First I mounted the bowl on my Cole Jaws and trued up the hole in the bottom. Then I turned a round thing-a-ma-jiggy (actually half of a 2 ½" ball) and glued into the inside bowl bottom. I didn't like how the bottom of the bowl looked so I decided to take what was left of the cedar and make a pedestal to add to the bowl. The pics show the end result.
The bowl turned out to be 8 ½" diameter and 6 ½" tall. The cedar acted just like a large spounge when applying Minwax Tung Oil Finish. As fast as I could apply it it was totally soaked up. I ended up putting 6 applications of oil and a coat of Minwax Finishing Wax.
After I finished the bowl I still had a chunk left over from the piece I made the pedestal from - so I turned a small keepsake box (3 ½" dia x 4 ½" tall) from that. As usual, I inserted a signature logo medallion in both pieces.
The pictures actually do not do justice to these pieces. The cedar had some really nice figure in it which was nicely highlighted my the oil/wax finish.