| Project by Chris Wright | posted 235 days ago | 327 views | 2 times favorited | 10 comments |  |
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So, it’s been a little bit since my last project posting, I hope this makes up for it.
It started out as a cherry bowl that I was doing as a demo. I was so please with how it was turning out, how thin I was getting the sides and bottom. And when I went to cut it off the face plate, well I guess I cut it a little TOO thin on the bottom because I cracked through. So I had it sitting in the shop for over a year, using it (begrudgingly) as an example of what can go wrong on the lathe. Well, about a month ago I was surfing the web and I came across a gallery of wood turnings (sadly I can’t remember whose gallery it was) and saw where the artist cut a bowl in half and glued the two halves together along the rim. So I thought “what the heck, it’s worth a shot” and here’s the result. I ended up having to hand sand it up to 400 grit and used tung oil and paste wax as the finish.
-- "At its best, life is completely unpredictable." - Christopher Walken
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SCOTSMAN
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posted 235 days ago
well joined looks nice Alistair
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bamasawduster
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posted 235 days ago
Very nice. Bet you’re almost glad it cracked. I would be. Would be a beautiful technique to look for places on a bowl where there was some real wild grain and cut it so that they really blended.
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Cathy Krumrei
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posted 235 days ago
That’s a cool looking piece! See? I never throw any wood out! Just never know! Thanks for sharing.
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savannah505
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posted 234 days ago
Great looking piece.
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toyguy
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posted 234 days ago
Nice save…...... looks good.
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bigwoodturner
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posted 234 days ago
Out here we call that resegmented turning. Good save
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woodworm
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posted 234 days ago
It’s very nice and I think it justified a year waiting!
Great job.
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Broda
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posted 234 days ago
nice,
do you have the link to the article?
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Chris Wright
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posted 234 days ago
No, sadly I didn’t save the link. I’ll keep looking and if I find it I’ll post it.
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Chris Cunanan
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posted 198 days ago
how did you make the cut? by hand, or build a jig for the bandsaw? i could just see myself trying that and getting annoyed with the cleanliness of the joint line….i don’t have a bandsaw right now, maybe i could do it at the table saw with a suitable holddown? i usually don’t like to try stuff in woodworking that i haven’t seen others do yet though, trying to keep all my digits…lol