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The blank for this bowl measured approx 11” by 8”. It was held between centres while I turned the underside of the bowl and I turned a tenon with which to hold it to turn the upper side. Sanded to 2000, 3 coats of tung oil. The almost-finished piece was then held against the flat surface of my jumbo jaws with the tail centre and the tenon reduced as much as I dared (1/4”). Off the lathe I cut off the little tenon then finished sanding the base using a sanding disk in my drill press, then applied 3 coats of oil. The whole piece was then buffed.
-- Ken in Sharbot Lake, Ontario
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JC
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posted 58 days ago
Ken, I think your project are fantastic! I am new to turning and these are inspirational!
I hope that you review your OneWay lathe at some point in the reviews section of this site. Someday (hopefully soon) I will want to upgrade from my shopsmith to a dedicated lathe and One Way and Nova look like the best choices so far.
-- JC - Central PA - www.affyx.com
a1Jim
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posted 58 days ago
Beautiful work and wood
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sidestepmcgee
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posted 58 days ago
too cool,nature at its best.thanks
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rustedknuckles
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posted 58 days ago
Beautiful work, that natural edge spinning at any speed would scare the @#$% out of me.
-- Dave- New Brunswick
SCOTSMAN
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posted 58 days ago
Nice bowl how do you find the oneway lathe?Alistair
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Les Hastings
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posted 58 days ago
Excellant work,,,,awesome! Welcome to Lumberjocks, glad you could join us.
-- Les, Wichita, Ks. (I'd rather be covered in saw dust!)
Karson
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posted 58 days ago
Beautiful. That is a very nice Burl and a fantastic looking bowl.
-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †
Ken Waller
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posted 58 days ago
Thanks for the compliments. I love turning natural-edge platters as much for the challenge as the figure I know I’ll find in the burl.
As for the One Way lathe: you’ve heard all the hype about it, I’m sure. Well, I’m here to tell you….............IT’S TRUE, IT’S TRUE!!! It’s a beautiful machine. I can slow it down to 2 rev/weekend for the large unbalanced log sections or spin it up to 3500 for small work. It runs more quietly than my little Carba-Tec. I’ve had mine a little more than a year and my General 260 has been gathering dust ever since. The only problem is that now any problems with the finished piece can’t be blamed on the lathe:-)
Ken
-- Ken in Sharbot Lake, Ontario
huff
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posted 57 days ago
Ken, Your 26 years of turning experience really shows. This is absolutely beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
-- John @ Myrtle Beach
scrappy
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posted 57 days ago
Fantastic piece of art! The live edge is eye cathing (at least I hope that is all it caught as soinning)haha The grain in the burl is fanominal! Outstanding piece.
Keep up the inspirational work.
Scrappy
-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!