| Project by Bill Akins | posted 1078 days ago | 1128 views | 0 times favorited | 15 comments |  |
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Last winter my Dad cut down a red oak tree too close to his house. He gave me a few logs. I started this one over 3 months ago. After I cut the blank on my bandsaw, I rough turned it leaving the walls over an inch thick. I sealed it in wax and brown bagged it to dry. I finished it today by re-turning it down to 1/2 inch thick and then sanded it. I put on 3 coats of BLO, mineral spirits, shellac mix. 2 coats of straight shellac on top of that and then 2 coats of Renaisance wax on that. One of the biggest ones I have done yet at 11 inches by 4.5 inches.
-- Bill from Lithia Springs, GA I love the smell of sawdust in the morning.
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CharlieM1958
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#1 posted 1078 days ago
Nice job!
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
childress
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#2 posted 1078 days ago
Interesting, how does shellac mix with mineral spirits? It’s alcohol based
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Swede
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#3 posted 1078 days ago
Nice looking bowl.
What are you planing on using it for?
-- Swede -- time to make some sawdust
a1Jim
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#4 posted 1078 days ago
wow thats nice
-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/
VinnieP
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#5 posted 1078 days ago
The grain looks amazing. Very symmetrical.
Woodwrecker
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#6 posted 1077 days ago
That come out mighty nice Bill!
That graining is awesome too.
-- Eric
sedcokid
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#7 posted 1077 days ago
WOW!! Now that is one big Bowl!! Great Job Bill.
-- Chuck Emery, Michigan,
Grumpy
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#8 posted 1077 days ago
Very impressive grain Bill. Nice piece of turning.
-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python
OttoH
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#9 posted 1077 days ago
Love the bowl, the grain really adds to the over all appeal of it!
-- I am responsible for how I respond to everything in my life - - Katy TX
scrappy
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#10 posted 1077 days ago
Fantastic bowl with a family history to it. Nice work on bringing out the grain.
Keep it up.
Scrappy
-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!
jockmike2
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#11 posted 1077 days ago
Beautiful bowl, love the open grain, very nice.
-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan -
childress
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#12 posted 1075 days ago
???
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Bill Akins
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#13 posted 1074 days ago
Shellac and minerel spirtis and BLO mixes well. Like vinegar and oil dressing, just keep shaking it up.
-- Bill from Lithia Springs, GA I love the smell of sawdust in the morning.
childress
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#14 posted 1074 days ago
Interesting. Thank you
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Napaman
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#15 posted 1066 days ago
love the grain in the first shot!
-- Matt--Proud LJ since 2007
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