| Project by Bill Akins | posted 13 days ago | 231 views | 0 times favorited | 8 comments |  |
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A friend of my Dad’s gave him a large slab of walnut some time back. Several months ago I took it and cut circles with my bandsaw. It made 2 – 11 by 4.5 inch circles and 2 – 5 by 4.5 circles. We took one of each. I made the smaller one for my Aunt during the summer. This one finished out at 10 1/4 by 4 inches. I finished with several coats of 1/3 shellac, 1/3 mineral spirits, 1/3 mineral oil mixed. I then waxed it with Renaisance wax.
-- Bill from Lithia Springs, GA I love the smell of sawdust in the morning.
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sedcokid
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posted 13 days ago
Beautiful job! I really like the shape, did you sand between the coats of shellac?
‘The SedcoKid’
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Bill Akins
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posted 13 days ago
Just lightly with 0000 steel wool
-- Bill from Lithia Springs, GA I love the smell of sawdust in the morning.
peruturner
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posted 13 days ago
Bravo nice walnut bowl,well done
-- peruturner,lima peru
huff
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posted 13 days ago
Very nice turning. Love the walnut.
-- John @ Myrtle Beach
BTKS
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posted 13 days ago
I really like the shape, it has elegant, classic curves but not too overstated, a real nice balance. Good job in my humble opinion. BTKS
a1Jim
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posted 13 days ago
wonderful bowl Bill
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
scrappy
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posted 13 days ago
Wonderfull bowl. Great piece of walnut. Great design.
Keep it up.
Scrappy
-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!
jtdyal
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posted 12 days ago
WOW! But I don’t understand, did the finish make it that much darker?
-- ~jtd