Small Cherry End Grain Bowl

[Steve Schlumpf]

Took awhile for the Watco to dry before I could buff it out and submit photos.

Wanted to find out if I it was possible to make a bowl out of a cut-off from a cherry log. Bowl has 3 coats of Watco ‘Natural’ and I gave it almost 2 weeks to dry as my shop is a comfortable 53 degrees.
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Bowl: 5 ½” x 1 ¾” x ¼”
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As always your comments, critiques, suggestions and or recommendations are welcome.

Thanks for looking.

[Mike Ramsey]

That is a great shape and you did a fantastic job on the finish!

[Rich Stewart]

Dats bootiful. I think those cracks would have scared me off. Nice job.

Rich

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Steve....You nailed that one! Great form, finish and execution! Simply beautiful!

[Bob Hallowell]

Steve, You nailed in all aspects

Bob

[Jim Becker]

Nice job on this classic bowl!!

[Mark Pruitt]

very nice!

[Jim Ketron]

Nothing to critique with this one!
Beautiful job!

[Keith Burns]

Wonderful bowl and the finish is excellent. Great job!:) :)

[Bonnie Campbell]

Wow! That is beautiful!

Are there any tricks to end grain turning? I've got a few slices from a cedar tree I didn't know what to do with.

[Paul Engle]

Nice piece Steve,the finish looks superb. I kinda like the cracks as is becoming a challenge to sell em :eek: with the bowl....:D

[Jonathon Spafford]

That is absolutely perfect... couldn't be better. The finish is really spectacular!

[George Tokarev]

Great minds? Last piece of 2006, took a week to dry from green, two coats of shellac and working. Probably be playing with a couple more when the first coat of finish gets on the 5-drawer I'm dovetailing now. Nerve-racking stuff, that. Turning's more fun.

Sorry, also small at 5.5 x 2.5 .

[John Hart]

Holy Cow Steve!! Purty! :) Everything about it is pleasing.

[Pete Jordan]

Another great one Steve!

You must have a lot of time with no snow to push.

It is 50 degrees down here right now.

[Ed Scolforo]

That's beautiful, Steve. Great finish!

[Steve Schlumpf]

Ah, Bonnie, I'm no expert - this was my first attempt at an end grain bowl. Really didn't do anything different other than keep my gouge really sharp and make light passes. Course, attitude could of had something to do with it also. The piece had checking all through it and I figured if it blew up - well, then it blew up - didn't care either way as I just wanted to turn it and see what would happen. Ended up OK and was a lot of fun!

[Steve Schlumpf]

That's a really pretty bowl George! Amazingly thin walls! Nice job!
(Man, I wish I would learn to proof-read what I write before I post it!! Was missing 'r' in the word 'pretty'. Sorry about that!)

[Tom Sherman]

Very nice Steve, I like that Cherry.

[Bernie Weishapl]

That is a beauty Steve. Love the form and finish. Nice job.

[John Shuk]

Very nice Steve.
I like end grain bowls alot.

[Von Bickley]

Steve,

Great job on the bowl...:)

[Christopher K. Hartley]

Steve you can be very proud of this bowl! You have done one fine job on that finish.:)

[Mark Cothren]

Steve, that is a beautiful bowl. Nice work!

[Joash Boyton]

hmmmm....I like it....a lot...

Good work;)

[Ernie Nyvall]

That is one beautiful bowl Steve. Nice job.

[Barry Stratton]

Absolutely beautiful bowl Steve! Very impressive.

[Glenn Hodges]

Steve, beautiful wood, classic shape, combining with that finish to produce a lovely bowl.