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W I P - Sheoak Block

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My over the road neighbour was very kind to me and bought back two lumps of Sheoak, Casuarina ?? for me to play with.
I first split off the heart piece that was only half the depth of the block and made a little bottle for my Vietnam Vet Buddy who visited on Saturday.
There was quite a lot of sapwood on this piece and it worked out that this was the safest mounting option, however it would have been good if I could have mounted it more securely, as I could have cored out a couple of bowls, but I did manage to get a 6inch lump out of the middle. I won't tell you how, because worksafe would have my guts for garters. Needless to say the middle piece is very nicely coloured, and I will post when finished.
My right shoulder is a bit sore from the Chisel jumping, but that will wear off in a couple of days.
The main bowl is turning out pretty well so far.
I have turned off the sapwood now.
Here are some pics so far.

Hope you like it.

Bob
 

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W I P - Sheoak Block

Saw Wood Tool Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies Gas


Wood Wood stain Varnish Gas Hardwood


Wood Gas Wood stain Hardwood Plywood


Wood Gas Tints and shades Wood stain Hardwood


Wood Hardwood Tints and shades Wood stain Gas


My over the road neighbour was very kind to me and bought back two lumps of Sheoak, Casuarina ?? for me to play with.
I first split off the heart piece that was only half the depth of the block and made a little bottle for my Vietnam Vet Buddy who visited on Saturday.
There was quite a lot of sapwood on this piece and it worked out that this was the safest mounting option, however it would have been good if I could have mounted it more securely, as I could have cored out a couple of bowls, but I did manage to get a 6inch lump out of the middle. I won't tell you how, because worksafe would have my guts for garters. Needless to say the middle piece is very nicely coloured, and I will post when finished.
My right shoulder is a bit sore from the Chisel jumping, but that will wear off in a couple of days.
The main bowl is turning out pretty well so far.
I have turned off the sapwood now.
Here are some pics so far.

Hope you like it.

Bob
Yeeh Gods Bob
Whats going on here?... do you have a death wish !!
Dont be worrying about about Worksafe, what would have happened if your wife caught you.
Take it easy man we need good LJs!!
Thats got to be the most evil looking piece of wood with maim and kill all over it if I ever saw one!
Even in its still form … bloody scary.

Its a wonder the lathe didnt refuse to start!

Ok now with that over its an amazing transformation.

sore shoulder?.. just remember that SLR
 

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W I P - Sheoak Block

Saw Wood Tool Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies Gas


Wood Wood stain Varnish Gas Hardwood


Wood Gas Wood stain Hardwood Plywood


Wood Gas Tints and shades Wood stain Hardwood


Wood Hardwood Tints and shades Wood stain Gas


My over the road neighbour was very kind to me and bought back two lumps of Sheoak, Casuarina ?? for me to play with.
I first split off the heart piece that was only half the depth of the block and made a little bottle for my Vietnam Vet Buddy who visited on Saturday.
There was quite a lot of sapwood on this piece and it worked out that this was the safest mounting option, however it would have been good if I could have mounted it more securely, as I could have cored out a couple of bowls, but I did manage to get a 6inch lump out of the middle. I won't tell you how, because worksafe would have my guts for garters. Needless to say the middle piece is very nicely coloured, and I will post when finished.
My right shoulder is a bit sore from the Chisel jumping, but that will wear off in a couple of days.
The main bowl is turning out pretty well so far.
I have turned off the sapwood now.
Here are some pics so far.

Hope you like it.

Bob
Looks good to me Bob, we all need to take a bit of a risk and get the adrenaline running. A nice lump of sheoak, I like the color and grain, and look forward to seeing to seeing the finished article. Nice piece of turning so far, well done.
 

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W I P - Sheoak Block

Saw Wood Tool Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies Gas


Wood Wood stain Varnish Gas Hardwood


Wood Gas Wood stain Hardwood Plywood


Wood Gas Tints and shades Wood stain Hardwood


Wood Hardwood Tints and shades Wood stain Gas


My over the road neighbour was very kind to me and bought back two lumps of Sheoak, Casuarina ?? for me to play with.
I first split off the heart piece that was only half the depth of the block and made a little bottle for my Vietnam Vet Buddy who visited on Saturday.
There was quite a lot of sapwood on this piece and it worked out that this was the safest mounting option, however it would have been good if I could have mounted it more securely, as I could have cored out a couple of bowls, but I did manage to get a 6inch lump out of the middle. I won't tell you how, because worksafe would have my guts for garters. Needless to say the middle piece is very nicely coloured, and I will post when finished.
My right shoulder is a bit sore from the Chisel jumping, but that will wear off in a couple of days.
The main bowl is turning out pretty well so far.
I have turned off the sapwood now.
Here are some pics so far.

Hope you like it.

Bob
OMG!, Honorable Bob. I have exactly the same conundrum before me on the Dungeon floor, "How to get the doggone thing to spin unshakingly enough to make it round. Silver Maple in my case. Continue this journey through the Honorable Bob's head, that I may learn. Please, Sir. PLEASE!!!
 

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W I P - Sheoak Block

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Wood Wood stain Varnish Gas Hardwood


Wood Gas Wood stain Hardwood Plywood


Wood Gas Tints and shades Wood stain Hardwood


Wood Hardwood Tints and shades Wood stain Gas


My over the road neighbour was very kind to me and bought back two lumps of Sheoak, Casuarina ?? for me to play with.
I first split off the heart piece that was only half the depth of the block and made a little bottle for my Vietnam Vet Buddy who visited on Saturday.
There was quite a lot of sapwood on this piece and it worked out that this was the safest mounting option, however it would have been good if I could have mounted it more securely, as I could have cored out a couple of bowls, but I did manage to get a 6inch lump out of the middle. I won't tell you how, because worksafe would have my guts for garters. Needless to say the middle piece is very nicely coloured, and I will post when finished.
My right shoulder is a bit sore from the Chisel jumping, but that will wear off in a couple of days.
The main bowl is turning out pretty well so far.
I have turned off the sapwood now.
Here are some pics so far.

Hope you like it.

Bob
Watching
 

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W I P - Sheoak Block

Saw Wood Tool Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies Gas


Wood Wood stain Varnish Gas Hardwood


Wood Gas Wood stain Hardwood Plywood


Wood Gas Tints and shades Wood stain Hardwood


Wood Hardwood Tints and shades Wood stain Gas


My over the road neighbour was very kind to me and bought back two lumps of Sheoak, Casuarina ?? for me to play with.
I first split off the heart piece that was only half the depth of the block and made a little bottle for my Vietnam Vet Buddy who visited on Saturday.
There was quite a lot of sapwood on this piece and it worked out that this was the safest mounting option, however it would have been good if I could have mounted it more securely, as I could have cored out a couple of bowls, but I did manage to get a 6inch lump out of the middle. I won't tell you how, because worksafe would have my guts for garters. Needless to say the middle piece is very nicely coloured, and I will post when finished.
My right shoulder is a bit sore from the Chisel jumping, but that will wear off in a couple of days.
The main bowl is turning out pretty well so far.
I have turned off the sapwood now.
Here are some pics so far.

Hope you like it.

Bob
Very select piece Bob. It looks to have a red tint to it in the picture. Rub some sawdust on that shoulder and finish it so we can see the end results. I love when the ugly ducklings turn into the swan.
 

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Sorry but I have no photos of this next step. I know that is bad.

Something I forgot to mention in the first part of this blog. I do not attempt to work straight onto those rough points, I start at either end and work in from the faceplate/tailstock edges, by doing that it is nowhere near as hard/dangerous. When the block is almost round then I start to work from the front.

After getting a safe round smooth top to the bowl shape, I removed the face plate and remounted it on my Cole Jaws and turned a tenon. Then remounted in the chuck for further refinement. There were a couple of voids which needed to be patched so that was the next step, actually the next few steps until I got it right.
The final sanding was completed up to 400 grit.
I did have a lot, I mean "LOT" of trouble with a few small patches of tear out, no matter how I sanded they just would not go away.
That's when the light came on, OMG, what a thought.
I grabbed a piece of paper towel and folded it down to about 1.5Ă—3 inches, put the lathe down to it's slowest speed (178 rpm), reached for the medium CA bottle and gave it a coat of CA, both sides.
When dry I again sanded from 240 up to 400 and got a beautiful smooth finish. This process also nullified the need for sealing prior to the *************** application.
I have the first coat on the inside and part of the outside at this point in time.
The middle piece that I cut out has been finished and polished with Shellawax Glow, but I will post the two bowls together as soon as they are finished.

Bob.
 
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Finished at last

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I thought I would tell how I got the middle piece out without a Coring tool. I do have one of those tools but could not safely use it on this occasion because of the way the lump was mounted.
My coring tool requires the use of the tail stock, and that was absolutely tied up holding this lump onto the faceplate. So I had to revert to other means.
The first photo shows the inner and outer bowls sitting roughly in their original position. I worked my chisels in as far as I could until I started to get some grabs/catches, at this point the chisel tip was about 5 inches over the steady and I was getting REAL nervous so I shut off the lathe and turned to my hammer. It took 4 or 5 blows before the centre block broke free. Oh man.
I finished off the centre piece and sanded it to 400 then polished with Shellawax Glow friction polish. This wood is pretty hard so there was no sealing issue. In the outer piece there were a few spots where the end grain would not sand smooth, so out came the CA glue, I intended to just seal the affected areas but decided to do the complete surface, inside and out, just to see what would happen. I got a great finish with only 1 coat of ***************, and the colour was brought out incredibly. It's hard to believe that the two bowls are from the same piece of wood, the colour is so different.
Anyway, it is all done now and I am very happy with the end result.

Hope you like the end result.
C & C welcome.

Bob

I do believe that I will mount the remaining block so that it can be cored out to give me at least 3 or 4 bowls.
 

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Finished at last

Tableware Dishware Wood Mixing bowl Serveware


Tableware Dishware Natural material Wood Serveware


Wood Natural material Amber Serveware Beige


Dishware Tableware Wood Mixing bowl Serveware


I thought I would tell how I got the middle piece out without a Coring tool. I do have one of those tools but could not safely use it on this occasion because of the way the lump was mounted.
My coring tool requires the use of the tail stock, and that was absolutely tied up holding this lump onto the faceplate. So I had to revert to other means.
The first photo shows the inner and outer bowls sitting roughly in their original position. I worked my chisels in as far as I could until I started to get some grabs/catches, at this point the chisel tip was about 5 inches over the steady and I was getting REAL nervous so I shut off the lathe and turned to my hammer. It took 4 or 5 blows before the centre block broke free. Oh man.
I finished off the centre piece and sanded it to 400 then polished with Shellawax Glow friction polish. This wood is pretty hard so there was no sealing issue. In the outer piece there were a few spots where the end grain would not sand smooth, so out came the CA glue, I intended to just seal the affected areas but decided to do the complete surface, inside and out, just to see what would happen. I got a great finish with only 1 coat of ***************, and the colour was brought out incredibly. It's hard to believe that the two bowls are from the same piece of wood, the colour is so different.
Anyway, it is all done now and I am very happy with the end result.

Hope you like the end result.
C & C welcome.

Bob

I do believe that I will mount the remaining block so that it can be cored out to give me at least 3 or 4 bowls.
Good to see you had a successful end to this project Bob, two nice bowls with a great finish. Well done.
 

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