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Paul Engle
10-21-2007, 5:38 PM
Walnut 3''x12'' , finish with food safe gloss uh forgot the the name of the finish...General Salad bowl finish.... turned all except the recess with carbide tool tri-corner metal bit on 1/2'' shank in my pipe collet, start to finsh, was just under 2 hrs with one potty break:eek: .Hoging it out was slow but the carbide left such a nice surface it only took about 4 minutes to sand to 320 grit, paper bag polish,final coat this morning. My personal web site ( not the commerical one) has a description of the carbide and the handle tutorial but no pic of this bowl....yet.. There is a hf in birch I did this morning end grain using just the carbide and I explain it at the site. Cost of the whole tool is 22$ plus the screw was .45 cents, I have to get a green wheel to sharpen on as I used the machine shops at my part time job and it cost 23$ for a 3/4'' x 6''.And as soon as someone buys this bowl I can get my own wheel. Bowl was started at 500 rpm till smoothed out then at 1250 for shaping inside and out,with finish and clean up cuts at 1700. So smooth it'll put Southern Comfort to shame...Thanks for looking!!
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Tyler Boleyn
10-21-2007, 6:18 PM
That looks really nice.

Dean Thomas
10-21-2007, 7:41 PM
Really shows off the figure of the wood nicely. Pleasant curves. Good work!

Bernie Weishapl
10-21-2007, 8:43 PM
Great looking bowl with some great looking wood. Nice job.

CW McClellan
10-21-2007, 10:27 PM
Alright Paul :D

CW McClellan
10-21-2007, 10:29 PM
CARBIDE Yea:D

Tom Sherman
10-24-2007, 4:10 PM
Nice job Paul.

Steve Schlumpf
10-24-2007, 8:13 PM
Beautiful wood and finish Paul! Very nice work!

Skip Spaulding
10-25-2007, 5:13 PM
Great bowl, great tool!

robert hainstock
10-27-2007, 8:59 AM
GREAT SHAPE! MAYBE THE FINISH IS TOO SHINY? A BUFF OUT WITH WHITE DIAMOND, (PUMICE) WOULD GIVE IT A MORE ELEGANT LOOK. I BUFF MY PIECES WITH TURTLE WAX POLISHING COMPIND FROM THE AUTO PARTS STORE. A SMALL BIT ON A ROUGH CLOTH RAG, (DRAPERY MATERIAL) SEEMS TO WORK BEST FOR ME:rolleyes: !