Curious how you sand the bandsawn edges.
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@odie I need to ask, how do you buff the steep undercut rim and also how do you keep wax out of the lines??Except for the foot, the Africa Blackwood bowl is now finished. Aprox 8x2.
Can't wait to see what the Beall buffing process does to this one.....
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With the lathe off I use a random orbital and rotate slowly by hand to the contour. Once finished I take it off the chuck, sit it on its bottom and use the random orbital to even up any uneven spots.
I have it all documented with photos and videos of the entire process somewhere.
Gabriel.....It's always best to buff parallel with the detail grooves to prevent compounds from accumulating there, and the half-round bowl buffs get under the lip of the undercut rim nicely.
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I've been on vacation so haven't been turning much. Swamp chestnut oak (white oak). This was a bit of an experiment. I almost always turn my tenon on the pith end. One of these bowls I turned the other way. Note the movement on the bowl with the pith on the top. Much more dramatic (the photo doesn't quite do it justice).
Spalted sugarberry I finished before I went on vacation. I gave it to my daughter's mother-in-law. Tried and True Original.
Just put the last coat of satin lacquer on this lidded box. No plan, except for a lidded box. Chucked a piece of 4”maple and went with the flow. A good polish and she’s done. Happy with the results.
Scored another bucket of free maple from the chair factory.
Turned the finial and base for hollow form number four today, 8” diameter x 15-1/4” tall. Still under review😁
Acacia butcher block serving tray, 19” wide handle to handle, 15” useful serving tray area.
been turning a lot but this is the only one I thought of to take a pic. Walnut platter about 18"
Splurged and bought a piece of Red Coolibah Burl yesterday. Bowl measures 12” x10” x 3” at the tallest point. First coat of Danish Oil applied. Only the second piece of wood I’ve ever bought, $9 per kgs verses $14 per kgs for Red Mallee.
And wasn't it worth it!! Beautiful color and burl eyes! You can see now why I buy ALL of my wood....
Depends on if it sales😂!! And if it does I’m buying a piece of red mallee!!!
This is an excellent bowl! Would you mind sharing how you sell your work? (Gallery or art shows or internetting?) and maybe a guesstimate what your asking price will be?
Last night I made another serving tray, this time with a leftover piece of 1 3/4” thick table top I picked up for free from an Italian restaurant. The resulting tray is 19” wide between the handles with a 15” wide usuable area. It can be seen in the photo compared to the slightly smaller acacia butcher block serving tray I made in the same manner earlier this week.
Using the latest video from @Ronald Kanne I tried making a captive ring planet using a branch of spruce fire wood from the pile. I got the captive ring to work but am having trouble trying to get the planets halves correct. 
Lots of movement on that one Don! Love the flowing grain.
Jim McLain
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Hollow form number 7, end grain red cedar, 11-1/4” tall x 7-3/4” diameter, weight 1 lb, 2 ounces. Still working on shapes but this was my first end grain and it turned great. First coat of Danish oil applied.
Well worth waiting for it!
Another basket illusion. 10.5” x 2” maple. For curiosity sake I timed myself from finding center and cutting out the blank to finish sanding the tenon nub. 2 hrs 45min. Nice to have a success after the agony of defeat yesterday. Ran out of wood on that one!
Starting a small lidded box. The wood is Putara. It’s from New Zealand. My brother gave me this wood about 20 years ago and this is one of the leftover bits. It’s similar to cedar but more close-grained. I drill the piece to conveniently set the depth and will finish the hollowing with Oneway’s termite tool.
Can't remember if I shared images here previously (but I know I didn't share the video link) but I built a machine that will do the pyro in one step with perfect indexing (no scribing). It isn't exactly fast, but it is much faster than doing both those steps by hand! Of course, it can do a lot more as well.
New video by Paul Paukstelis
photos.app.goo.gl
Playing with walnut again today.
My plan today was to finish the foot on about 15 bowls and get them in stock. Then I remembered I bought some Indian Ink last week for a future project and had to see how it looked on a white oak bowl instead. Now I’ll just add it to the others and finish them tomorrow…hate it when that happens😁😁
Nice !!! Looks like I need to head to Chattanooga 😂
Just off the lathe
, rough turned 10" diameter. Willow or cottonwood.
, rough turned 10" diameter. Willow or cottonwood.
Right behind you!
Small but great figured Bocote bowl last evening.....
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I forget how interesting mulberry looks sometimes. To me mulberry is a nuisance tree because of the berries when mowing mostly and it grows voluntarily around here. I wonder if this is considered an exotic in other parts of the world or any other of our domestic species exotic elsewhere?
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Sam Mulberry comes in different species and grows all over the world, Silk is made from the cocoon of the mulberry worm. de reason we have the White Mulberry here, a flop in trying to make Silk in the USA.
The Red Mulberry is the native North American species.
No not a good idea to plant this by you car parking area, as I remember someone did and close to the sidewalk which was city property, and he was not allowed to remove the tree later
Though the birds did like the tree ;-)
I would bet folks in other parts of the world would prize black walnut, black cherry, et al. Our friends from across the pond(s) no doubt will weigh in.
@David Wyke @Alan Weinberg any time, fellas. Shop's open!
You don't even have to go across the pond. Alberta native hardwoods are pretty much Aspen, balsam poplar or cottonwood and some box elder. Introduced species(planted by municipalities basically) include elm, ash and soft maple, very rarely maybe an oak tree. I always tell my wife if we ever move, it's happening based on tree availability! 😁
Same here. If you are ever going to be in the Nashville area, let me know. I need to get rid of some wood.
