Pecan Bowl

[Mike Vickery]

Here is a 9x3 Pecan bowl. The finish is arm-r-seal that was buffed out.

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Comments and critiques are appreciated.


Sorry not the best picture, but I did not feal like reshooting it.

[Leo Van Der Loo]

Thats a pretty bowl Mike, good shape and the lines are just right.

The picture is a bit blurry , did you use a tripod ?

[Steve Schlumpf]

Good looking bowl Mike! Really like the burn lines!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Great looking bowl Mike and the burn lines really make it stand out.

[Allen Neighbors]

Nice work, Mike. The burn lines are nice, and not overpowering. Good Idea. May I use that? You did well on the pecan!
How'd you find the pecan? Hard enough to call it Pecancrete? I've shortened a few gouges turning pecan this year, so I think I've turned my last pecan. From now on it's firewood.

[Richard Madison]

Ditto what they said, a nice bowl Mike. As Allen noted, the tool changes all too frequently from making curlies to making dust. But the part I really hate is the sanding. Side grain easy and end grain difficult. Probably my last face grain pecan bowl is on the lathe now. End grain turning is ok, and it's fine for stave and segmented work. Think I'll burn a couple lines on my current bowl too, as they definitely dress it up a bit.

My pecan was a generous gift from Peter Hawkins.

[Curt Fuller]

These low, shallow, clean looking bowls you turn are all just beautiful. I really the 'Vickery' style.

[Dewey Torres]

Very nice...kudos!

[Gregg Feldstone]

I've never "burned any lines" yet but would like to try it on a cherry bowl I'm doing now. What type/gauge wire is best for what you did on the pecan bowl? What technique do you use? Thanks

[Mike Vickery]

Thanks for the kind words everyone.

Allen - You do not need my permission to use burn lines people have been doing it for a long time. The Pecan was from an orchard that was getting cut down for construction. I put the word out here last year and I know 5 or 6 creekers got in their to take some trees before the firewood guy got the rest fo it. It is hard but not to bad, we get a lot of hrad wood in the desert. I do not particuliarly like Pecan because it just looks really plain to me.

Gregg - I really have no idea the wire gauge is, years ago I bought a couple different wires at the Home Depot and made wood handles to mount them on. They never seem to wear out. I just cut a small groove with a skew and turn up the lathe and hold the wire in the groove. Just make sure to make wood handles so you do not burn you fingers. I believe the wire I used was with the picture hanging stuff.

[Allen Neighbors]

Gregg, I use bicycle break and shifting cables. Make sure you don't use loops on the ends. You can lose a finger... use wood handles, like Mike says.

[Pete Jordan]

Another great one, Mike!

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Mike....That's a beauty and the lines are the right amount and appropriate embellishment IMHO. Nicely done!



Gregg,

I have a friend who owns a music store. He sells guitar strings ...singles. So I buy a guitar string for about a dollar...cut and tie knots in the end around scrap pieces of wood for handles. I get 2 or 3 out of each guitar string. Typically in rush cleaning.....I lose it and it gets thrown accidentally in the trash. I haven't worn one out yet.