Showing posts with label bowl. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bowl. Show all posts
Saturday, February 22, 2014
Oatmeal Bowl is finished and its colder than a well diggers you know what here
Hi Everyone,
Well, the apprentice and I did not get to finish the bowl together. He has been ill and recovering from some surgery earlier this year and just recently got out of the hospital. He had been having some minor nose bleeds the past week and yesterday had a good sized nose bleed and had to visit the ER for treatment. I didnt want to take him into a cold, dusty environment and hes on his way home today so we couldnt finish the turn. But I did go down and finish the turn and hell be able to see online how this went.
Heres the photos:
This is the bowl back on this lathe today and fortunately it hasnt distored. If you look closely you can see the extensive end grain tearing and the whole thing needed to be hollowed out a lot more and that is what I did. I thinned the walls and then I sharpened by bowl gouge and turned the speed up to 900 rpm and very gently shaved the sides until they were smooth. Then I deepened and rounded out the bottom of the bowl:
This is the bowl after its been shaved. It needed very little sanding. Ive also refined the rim a little and removed some tearing along the rims edge:
And here is the finished bowl. Its got lots of mineral staining and some spalting lines. The color is a buff color and so when Ive applied the salad bowl varnish to it, its going to be really pretty:
This is the bowl from the side:
Now, since this was unseasoned, it has to go in the drying bag for 2 weeks to dry out and stabilize. Well come back to it then and take a look. If the wood fairies are kind to us, it will still be round and un-cracked and ready for varnishing.
So stay tuned for this one at the end of the month.
My next project is a bowl for my friend and colleague, John S.
See you later in the week.
VW
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Well, the apprentice and I did not get to finish the bowl together. He has been ill and recovering from some surgery earlier this year and just recently got out of the hospital. He had been having some minor nose bleeds the past week and yesterday had a good sized nose bleed and had to visit the ER for treatment. I didnt want to take him into a cold, dusty environment and hes on his way home today so we couldnt finish the turn. But I did go down and finish the turn and hell be able to see online how this went.
Heres the photos:
This is the bowl back on this lathe today and fortunately it hasnt distored. If you look closely you can see the extensive end grain tearing and the whole thing needed to be hollowed out a lot more and that is what I did. I thinned the walls and then I sharpened by bowl gouge and turned the speed up to 900 rpm and very gently shaved the sides until they were smooth. Then I deepened and rounded out the bottom of the bowl:
This is the bowl after its been shaved. It needed very little sanding. Ive also refined the rim a little and removed some tearing along the rims edge:
And here is the finished bowl. Its got lots of mineral staining and some spalting lines. The color is a buff color and so when Ive applied the salad bowl varnish to it, its going to be really pretty:
This is the bowl from the side:
Now, since this was unseasoned, it has to go in the drying bag for 2 weeks to dry out and stabilize. Well come back to it then and take a look. If the wood fairies are kind to us, it will still be round and un-cracked and ready for varnishing.
So stay tuned for this one at the end of the month.
My next project is a bowl for my friend and colleague, John S.
See you later in the week.
VW
Friday, February 21, 2014
Poplar Bowl and Art Project Update
Hi Everyone,
I decided to go down to the shop for a couple of hours this morning to continue work on the poplar bowl and begin completing one of the art show pieces. Off to work we go:
Poplar bowl
Youll remember from last time that the surface of the bowl needed more work. Looking at it after the first coat of varnish dried showed that the surface was scratched from sanding and the end grain areas had a lot of pitting and crushed grain fibers. This needed to be corrected before proceeding with the rest of the varnish application so I took it down to the shop and put it back on the lathe.
I began sanding the inside with 120 grit sandpaper and 900 rpm. While the bowl is spinning I drag the sandpaper across the surface of the walls of the bowl very slowly and from the inside of the bowl to the edge of the bowl wall. I dont press hard on the sandpaper either, instead I just let the weight of my hand press down on the paper. The point here is to very gently shave the surface of the wood to remove any crushed grain and reduce the pitting on the surface. I went from 120 - 600 grit paper and this produced a smooth, shiny surface that was ready for another application of varnish:
Here is the bowl after its been sanded:
And while I was doing this I gave the coffee wood bowl another coat of salad bowl varnish too:
Both bowls will require another 1-2 coats of varnish before theyre done so stay tuned for more photos. The poplar bowl will be re-mounted on the lathe after Im done varnishing it so I can clean up the underside of the foot. So it has a little more time in the shop before its done.
Apple wood box
After looking at the apple wood box, I decided not to turn it any more but to instead sand it and get it ready for finishing and thats what I did. Here is a photo of the lid on the lathe:
The lid needed finish sanding and the finial needed a little more turning so as not to look stubby. I also wanted to shave the surface of the finial more so I wouldnt have to do so much sanding. I took my skew chisel, sharpened it really well and very gently cut the surface of the finial until it was smooth and a little narrower. I also sanded it with 400 grit sandpaper and got it very smooth:
The box portion presents a different challenge as the surface is comprised of both solid wood and tree bark. I didnt want to accidently knock off any of the bark so I placed the box on the lathe and locked the lathe in place and hand sanded it. I used 120-400 grit paper on this and I got it really smooth without damaging it:
Its now ready for a finish to be applied. For this Im going to use a spray lacquer so as to get the finish applied evening to the surface and into all of the nooks and crannies on the bark areas:
Heres the lid after one coat of lacquer:
And here is the box. Ill continue to use spray lacquer for several coats and then Ill take it off the lathe and gently polish the surface by hand:
While the above pieces are making their way through the finishing process, Ill continue working on the art pieces. The next project will be working on the black ash tea box. More about that tomorrow.
VW
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I decided to go down to the shop for a couple of hours this morning to continue work on the poplar bowl and begin completing one of the art show pieces. Off to work we go:
Poplar bowl
Youll remember from last time that the surface of the bowl needed more work. Looking at it after the first coat of varnish dried showed that the surface was scratched from sanding and the end grain areas had a lot of pitting and crushed grain fibers. This needed to be corrected before proceeding with the rest of the varnish application so I took it down to the shop and put it back on the lathe.
I began sanding the inside with 120 grit sandpaper and 900 rpm. While the bowl is spinning I drag the sandpaper across the surface of the walls of the bowl very slowly and from the inside of the bowl to the edge of the bowl wall. I dont press hard on the sandpaper either, instead I just let the weight of my hand press down on the paper. The point here is to very gently shave the surface of the wood to remove any crushed grain and reduce the pitting on the surface. I went from 120 - 600 grit paper and this produced a smooth, shiny surface that was ready for another application of varnish:
Here is the bowl after its been sanded:
And here is the bowl after a coat of varnish. Its hard to see but the surface looks much better:
And while I was doing this I gave the coffee wood bowl another coat of salad bowl varnish too:
Both bowls will require another 1-2 coats of varnish before theyre done so stay tuned for more photos. The poplar bowl will be re-mounted on the lathe after Im done varnishing it so I can clean up the underside of the foot. So it has a little more time in the shop before its done.
Apple wood box
After looking at the apple wood box, I decided not to turn it any more but to instead sand it and get it ready for finishing and thats what I did. Here is a photo of the lid on the lathe:
The box portion presents a different challenge as the surface is comprised of both solid wood and tree bark. I didnt want to accidently knock off any of the bark so I placed the box on the lathe and locked the lathe in place and hand sanded it. I used 120-400 grit paper on this and I got it really smooth without damaging it:
Its now ready for a finish to be applied. For this Im going to use a spray lacquer so as to get the finish applied evening to the surface and into all of the nooks and crannies on the bark areas:
Heres the lid after one coat of lacquer:
And here is the box. Ill continue to use spray lacquer for several coats and then Ill take it off the lathe and gently polish the surface by hand:
While the above pieces are making their way through the finishing process, Ill continue working on the art pieces. The next project will be working on the black ash tea box. More about that tomorrow.
VW
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