Another Natural Edged Cherry Burl Bowl

That is a great looking bowl. Man I love burl woods of all kinds. It is always fun finding those surprises that lie within the wood. I recently turned a piece of plum with a natural edge almost in the exact same shape, but most of the barked edge broke off during turning. It is actually the first complete bowl I have ever turned. Thanks for the in depth description of the process you used.

-- -Zeke- "I hate to rush off, but I gotta go see a man about a log"

I think some barks don’t hold tightly when turned and some do. Have you tried a little superglue to help tighten the areas that look like they might want to fly off? I know it almost seems that within 5 minutes of cutting an Alder tree the bark want to pop off. I have seen some maples that the trees surface under the bark is where the beauty is.

-- Jim Roberts, Port Orchard Washington

Nice bowl. It is something like this that really makes me want to learn the art of bowl turning.

-- Nick, AZ. Wood is a canvas for God's art work, it is our job as woodworkers to figur out the best way to display it.

Looks Very Nice! Great Job!

-- Robert B. Sabina, Ohio.....

That is so beautiful. I wish i were not scared of the lathe. I just found a walnut burl being used to plug a dog hole by the fence – I should send it to you!

-- christine

Please do, or find a local LJ and have him/her show you the beauty within.

-- Jim Roberts, Port Orchard Washington

Sweet piece! I like the fish bowl look.

-- http://caledoniachurchofchrist.yolasite.com/

Fantastic bowl. Love the burl and natural edge.

On turning the bottom: Craft Supplies USA (Wood Turners Catalog ) has a “Bowl Chucker Pad” that is designed to hold in the center/inside of the bowl. It is made for live edge turnings.
Here is the link for the page. Bowl Chucker

I have made a “home made” one for about .50 cents. Turned a 2 inch dowel, put a piece of shelf pad on the end, and chuck it up. Put the live center with another pad or cone against the base to hold it and your done. You can make several so you have ones in different lengths and diam. for the different size turnings. Just an idea to save a LOT of money. Hope it helps.

Keep it up.

Scrappy

-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!

very nice bowl..well crafted. I’d like to pass on a safety item here. when you drill the hole for the bottom with a forstner, you are drilling a straight walled hole. Most chuck have dovetail jaws..these do not hold well in straight walled holes. Please turn a dovetail shape in the wall of your hole. It is much harder for a chuck to “let loose” when configured thusly. Be safe!!

-- We call the destruction of replaceable human made items vandalism, while the destruction of irreplaceable natural resources is called development.

michelletwo – I use the PSI Barracuda chuck system. I was unaware that it was a tapered jaw chuck so I will have to check it out. If it is, nice information to have. Thank you.

scrappy – Thank you for the hint and link. I will check it out and it sounds like you have helped me to improve.

I was just about ready to ask if anyone could help me on how to accomplish a basket weave pattern cutting board but I googled it and up popped a LJ blog from a 1064 days ago by tony http://lumberjocks.com/Tikka/blog/1878#comment-747458. Thank you google and thank you LJ. Looks like I will have another cutting board variation to add to my shows later this year. Too late for next weeks show.

-- Jim Roberts, Port Orchard Washington

Very beautiful burl bowl just the same. I really like the overall rough look to it but it also has great character.

-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan -