Square maple dish

Wow man, you did it again. I’d like to have creative moments in a year that you have shown in the last three weeks. Great bowl.

That’s pretty cool, can you give us any Tech Specs on it?

How did you make the bevels on the outside and now did you carve out the center?

Was it done on the lathe as you mentioned?

Handi

-- Jimmy "Handi" Warner, http://jwarner75.etsy.com, http://handisworkshop.blogspot.com

I will definitely agree on the “carefully” part of turning a square bowl. Just looking at it made my knuckles “smart” at the memory.

Good looking, btw.

-- jstegall

I love the way the grain flows in the second photo : ) I’m glad that you got the digital film in time for this sweet little project , Scott !......... FAVORITED : )

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

did you just turn it a little bigger then cut it square with a jig on the tablesaw/bandsaw? looks awesome, love the diversity in your projects especially for how quick you’re putting them out.

Very cool looking dish Scott. Very good job.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Great project, Scott. Thanks for sharing.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

no I didn’t cut this down from a bigger bowl, I cut and sanded a nice 4” square block, then turned that down. mounted the block between centers, turned the foot of the bowl, and pared down some of the bottom. If the block was deeper I could have mounted it on a screw chuck… but i wasn’t cutting that deep a bowl so I had to do things a little different.

I cut the foot, turned it around in the 4 jaw scroll chuck and cut a recess in the “top” to mount it in and allow me to finish the bottom in the scroll chuck and get the tail stock out of my way.

after cutting down the sides and truing up the foot, I reversed it, mounting the base in the 4 jaw chuck, and cut out the bowl.

I was turning “air wood” to define the shape of the base, but I kept the actual bowl of the dish within the confines of the solid wood area.

and when sanding I did knock my index finger once. hurt for a sec, took longer to determine if I’d actually injured myself. I’ve seen turning instructors with bent finger tips and I was afraid I might have just done the same thing to myself – hence the hand finishing.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

Is that how they got the phrase “Knock on wood”?

Nice bowl. Stay safe!

-- "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." ~ Edgar Allan Poe