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  1. #1
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    Couple of bowls

    I have done a bit of turning for other project, but only in the last 3-4 months have I really started getting green wood and started roughing out and drying a good number of bowls. I think prior to these, I've finished maybe 10 bowls, so I still have a lot to learn on the finishing process and form. These are also my first natural edge bowls I've done. Finish is a shellac, then spray on em6000 on the osage and poplar(?), the walnut is General finishes wood turners finish, and the sycamore is just wax.

    walnut



    spalted poplar:






    osage orange:



    sycamore:


    Osage:


    Plus, I found a house this morning that had a large osage tree blown down, so spent a few hours with a chainsaw getting about 10 good sized blanks from it. Gotta love free wood.



    On a side note, while I DNA soak then wrap most of my bowls for drying, it seems the 10% rule just does not give me enough meat on some bowls to turn them true once they dry. A lot of my bowls have a deeper form with higher/more vertical walls, so maybe that explains some of it, whereas shallower bowls would not deform as significantly.
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    I like them all. Great find on the wood.

    All of my sycamore has been from firewood several years old, so it is nice to see what a nice clean piece looks like.
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    All are well done. I don't see any issues with your finishing process. Keep up the good work!

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    Really nice bowls and nice wood find. Finishing looks good.
    Bernie

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