Nathan Hawkes
02-07-2008, 7:26 PM
Well, I modded the old rockwell 46-111 so I can turn more than an 11" diameter bowl, and just wanted to show off my first plus-11" bowl. This is a 13x4.5" dia. "hollow" bowl, which was also my first with concave internal walls--that was a challenge. I ground down an old tool that I got with the lathe & made a very narrow scraper & used a small tool rest inside, with light cuts. A hollowing system is in the near future for me for sure. I have almost all the pieces I need for an articulated system.
This is cherry, from a neighbor's takedown. This is the stump piece, and has a little crack in it that was strengthened with liquid CA glue. Hopefully it won't open up too much as the whole thing dries. This was sanded to 320 in the lathe, then 400x by hand, then a bit of BLO to make the grain stand out, then wet-sanded with blo to 600 grit. It shines even after the BLO is dry, but I'm going to put some dewaxed shellac then lacquer on it afterwards to make it shine even more.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=81057&stc=1&d=1202430311
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=81056&stc=1&d=1202430303
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=81055&stc=1&d=1202430293
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=81054&stc=1&d=1202430275
This is cherry, from a neighbor's takedown. This is the stump piece, and has a little crack in it that was strengthened with liquid CA glue. Hopefully it won't open up too much as the whole thing dries. This was sanded to 320 in the lathe, then 400x by hand, then a bit of BLO to make the grain stand out, then wet-sanded with blo to 600 grit. It shines even after the BLO is dry, but I'm going to put some dewaxed shellac then lacquer on it afterwards to make it shine even more.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=81057&stc=1&d=1202430311
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=81056&stc=1&d=1202430303
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=81055&stc=1&d=1202430293
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=81054&stc=1&d=1202430275