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Keith Palmer
12-14-2008, 11:15 PM
While I was waiting for the finish to cure on the peppermills, I finished this maple bowl. It is 7 1/2" wide and 2 1/2" tall, finished with Danish oil sanded into the bowl with 600, 800, and 1000 grit. At the very last minute before christmas I plan to Beall buff it.
It will be a gift for a machinist friend who did all the work on my 1949 Shopsmith to make it a dedicated lathe.
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Jim Kountz
12-15-2008, 1:10 AM
Nice grain, great job!! Your friend should love this one!!
Steve Schlumpf
12-15-2008, 7:32 AM
Nice work Keith! Buffing should help bring out all the curl! Really pretty bowl! Your friend will love it!
Scott Lux
12-15-2008, 9:08 AM
Nice wood, nice bowl and nice gift. That's very thoughtful of you.
Bernie Weishapl
12-15-2008, 9:12 AM
Great looking bowl Kieth. Buffing should really bring out the grain and curl. He is going to like that one.
steven carter
12-15-2008, 9:55 AM
Very nice Keith. I'm sure your friend will thing that his efforts on your behalf really paid off!
Steve
john taliaferro
12-15-2008, 12:09 PM
its a relly nice bowl but it not done yet.ya got to sign it. a 47 shop smith we need a picture. merry christmas john t
Keith Palmer
12-15-2008, 3:26 PM
I have been using a Sharpie to sign my pieces under polyurethane, but this is the first one I have used Danish Oil and plan to buff. I was afraid it would just buff off.
Any suggestions? I was thinking of picking up one of those Dremel engraving tools.
Skip Spaulding
12-15-2008, 4:37 PM
Looks great Keith, very nice "thank you gift".
Allen Neighbors
12-15-2008, 5:15 PM
Nice bowl. He'll love it!
A friend uses a Dremel engraver, and then rubs a little gold buff paste into it. Works well.
I used a WalMart burner for years. Just filed the tip down to a point, and then smoothed it out with some 320 grit. Worked well, until I made a burner from a Battery Charger, to replace it.
Also, if the DO is cured, a sharpie with a shot of spray lacquer over it shouldn't buff out, if you take it easy with the pressure.
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