Apple Bowl 91/2 X 41/2

Beautiful!!

Looks great Mike. A fantastic job.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Really pretty, Mike. Glad you’re in the shop. That is appropriate that it will hold apples. Well done.

-- Thos. Angle

Very cool looking bowl!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Very beautiful!

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

Thanks gang I got about 3 more rounds of green apple wood. Gotta think of something else todo with them.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

I guess I’m not the only one pulling wood out of the fire wood pile to make something. I got a load of slabwood last year,it had some nice cherry boards 1×6x24”. they must have been end cuts & I didn’t have the heart to just burn them.

-- Paul Sayre Creativity is a drug I cannot live without. Cecil B. DeMille (1881 - 1959)

Very fine bowl…the color is quite different

-- /\/\/\ BarryW /\/\/\ Stay so busy you don't have time to die.

Gosh Mike..that’s is really beautiful! I love the shape, gosh would compliment any tabletop. Thanks for sharing..love seeing the other woods and shapes everyone shares. Can’t wait to see what you come up with next.

-- Cathy Krumrei

Well thanks Cathy, Barry, Tinnman and everyone, thats the problem Cathy, is coming up with something different.
I’m not like trifern who whips one out every night and each one is better than the last. I’m lucky to come up with one good one out of 20. I don’t like comparing myself to anyone anyway. I just decided to get out and do something or rot. It really is tiring though. I’m not used to working. lol. But Bless all of you anyway. I do appreciate the words of encouragement.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Nice work Mike, I really like the look of the wood.

-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.

Thanks Brian.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Great bowl, I love the contrast of the wood.

-- 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/

Great looking bowl. Wish I could find some like that myself.

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

Wow. That is stunning. Great wood.

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

Firewood piles are great sources and the price is right. The wood is always a surprise. You never know what you will find as you turn your blank. I cringe when I go into the local Woodcrafter store and see the prices they are asking for a block of wood.
On green wood. Have you ever tried rough turning it and then “speed” drying it in the microwave oven. Put it in a paper shopping bag and micro until it feel very warm to the touch. Let it cool in the bag and repeat the process until you think the wood is as dry as you want it. What is happening is you are doing the same thing mills do in a steam kiln. The bag holds the moisture in to help balance the moisture inside of the wood with the outside. I check the wood between heating and if I find cracks forming I seal them with CA glue which usually stops the crack.

-- Les B, Oregon

Nice job Mike. I really like the variations of wood color. I challenge you to make another bowl. This one with the base at least one half the diameter of the rim. Keep on turning!

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

Well thanks all for the kind words, Les, I don’t know if the wife is gonna let me get away with nuking wood in her new microwave, sounds like it would work though. Thanks Dennis that’s high praise indeed coming from you. Same with you Scott and cabinetmaker. Joe I’m not quite sure I know what you’re asking. A bowl with the bottom half as big as the top. That it??? I think I got one on the lathe something like that right now. All I got to do is get up the gumption and get out there in that 6 degrees and build a fire and get busy. lol. Thanks buddy.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

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-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Mike, if your rim or opening is 9 inches, make your base 4 inches. Blend the shape from rim to base so it has a nice flow. Similar to this project.

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

gottcha.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com