Pecan Bowl

[Glenn Hodges]

This pecan bowl measures 12 in. wide X 3.5 inches high, and finished with a polymerized tung oil mixture. Thanks for looking and your critiques are invited.

[David Fried]

Very sweet. I really like the rim detail. Pretty wood.

Last time I saw the bottom of one your bowls, a long time ago, it was numbered something 962. What are you up to now?

Thanks

[Glenn Hodges]

Thanks David, this one is out in the shop, but I believe it is about #1045.

[Dean Matthews]

I love the grain in that. Do you have a top down picture as well?

Awesome work.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Beautiful bowl Glenn! Really like the crisp rim detail! Amazing grain, color and a great finish! Very nice work!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Glenn that is beautiful. Love the wood as it is doing some talking. Well done.

[George Guadiane]

NICE!
Wood
Form
Finish
Photo
Well Done.

[Jon Lanier]

Really pretty bowl. Great job!

[Tom Sherman]

Very nice bowl Glenn

[Mike A. Smith]

Wow, that's a good'un Glenn!

[Rick Gifford]

Is the edges on the rim slight tearout? Not a critique, just a question.

I think that wood is beauitiful and now I hope to work with it and would like to know what to expect.

Very nice looking bowl. Love that grain!

[Rob Leslie]

Glenn,

Beautiful bowl. What finish and technique did you use?

Regards,

Rob

[Neal Addy]

Wow, that is beautiful, Glenn! Gorgeous wood and fantastic form. I love the rim.

[Brett Baldwin]

That pecan makes the stuff I found look like the dull kids of its boring cousin. Really nice Glenn.

[Glenn Hodges]

Rick, no tear out on this one, it is probably my poor photography. You do see some spalting, but even this spalting is firm wood. Pecan is known as very hard wood. I did not try to hide the cracks, but waited for a while to see if they would move, and they have not. I did put thin CA glue in the cracks hoping this would work. I made a mallet from dogwood last week, but I believe pecan would be almost as good as dogwood for a mallet. I appreciate your comments.

[Don Robert]

Did you use any stain on this piece to darken it? I have turned some pecan and it is always very light in color - maybe all sap wood? If it was sap wood that I had, the trunk of the trees that the wood was taken from never showed any heart wood of a darker color.

[Glenn Hodges]

Don, I have noticed pecan trees in commercial groves where they are fertilized and watered do not have the color that others have. This one was not dyed or artificially colored at all. I have a lot of access to pecan trees because they are grown every where around me so I select only the ones that show a lot of color and or interesting grain patterrn to turn. I see more of this in older trees. Thanks for your comment.

[TYLER WOOD]

man I need to find those kind of pecan trees. The stuff I have is bland!

As for the piece, excellent!!!!

[Skip Spaulding]

Nice wood and rim, great bowl.

[John Hart]

Beautifully done Glenn! Not to mention it's a biggun'. All that color and the perfect rim. I think it needs some popcorn.;)

[Ed Scolforo]

Glenn, that bowl is beautiful. I would think you can find many more uses for it besides being a pecan bowl. BTW, what kind of wood is it? :D

[Rob Leslie]

Glenn,

What finish did you use? It looks great!

[Glenn Hodges]

The pecan bowl is made from pecan wood, and the finish is made from 1/3 polymerized tung oil, 1/3 polyurathene, and 1/3 turpentine. This one has 5 coats each one put on 24 hours apart. I had rub the coat if it needs it with the grey artificial steel wool, then wipe it down to remove any dust before putting on another coat of the tung oil mixture. After the 5th coat, and it is as glossy as I want, I let it set for a few more days to cure good before I buff it with the trippoli, white diamond, and then wax of the Beal Buffing System. Thanks for your input, you all.

[Don Robert]

Glenn,
Your wisdom proves out again (you can quote me to you wife if you want). The pecan I have turned came from a commercial, irrigated grove. Like Tyler's pecan, it is pretty bland, especially compared to your's. Love what you did to the piece you posted - great job.