| Project by Alin Dobra | posted 728 days ago | 464 views | 3 times favorited | 17 comments |  |
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I made this bowl some 9 months ago but it come up a little rough (I did not know at the time how to get a smooth surface on unbalanced bowls). I was showing it to a colleague at work and she liked it a lot because of the shape. Few months latter I figured out how to sand the imperfections on my bowls (without destroying the bowl) and I borrowed the bowl for a couple of days to fix it. What you see in the pictures is the final result. The unusual shape is due to three branches that are coming out of the main trunk at the same level.
The wood is oak and the finish is buffed oil.
Enjoy,
Alin
-- -- Alin Dobra, Gainesville, Florida
17 comments so far
dennis mitchell
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posted 728 days ago
Great bowl!
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Dorje
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posted 728 days ago
Wow that’s nice…
What’s the sanding technique?
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Alin Dobra
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Dorje,
The sanding technique is the “new wave” sanding pads on a drill press. You cannot sand any of the natural edge end grain bowls I make on the lathe since they are not round when they dry (the bowls always twist at least a little).
Alin
-- -- Alin Dobra, Gainesville, Florida
Napaman
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posted 728 days ago
amazing…
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mike
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Alin
Well done. I do like the shape. Good to see another turner here at Lumberjocks
Mike
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rikkor
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posted 728 days ago
Wow, that’s sweet. Thanks for sharing it with us.
DAN
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posted 728 days ago
very nice and the photos are fabulous. what kind of camera did you use ?
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miles125
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posted 728 days ago
Thats a great looking bowl.
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jockmike2
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posted 728 days ago
beautiful bowl, I like the shape on this one, nice finish too. mike
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Alin Dobra
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Thanks to everybody for the nice comments.
Alin
-- -- Alin Dobra, Gainesville, Florida
Grumpy
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posted 728 days ago
Very nice piece indeed.
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Alin Dobra
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Thanks Grumpy (for all three comments).
Alin
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relic
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posted 728 days ago
Absolutely terrific looking bowl.
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Sawdust2
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I don’t have the sense to see the bowl in the rough.
And when I turn away everything that doesn’t look like a bowl it still doesn’t look like a bowl.
A truly nice piece of work.
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Blake
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Beautiful!!! “Natural edge” is always my favorite kind of turnings. This one is SO COOL! ...favorited. Thanks!
Hey, also, great lighting for the photos… could you divulge your photography secrets?
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cajunpen
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posted 728 days ago
Another great looking bowl.
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Alin Dobra
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posted 726 days ago
Blake: I posted a comment on another project on how I take pictures. The “secret” is a 50$ photo kit that Walmart sells (essentially a cloth box with lights; the trick is to disperse the light through some material to get the nice effect).
Thanks everybody else for your comments.
Alin
-- -- Alin Dobra, Gainesville, Florida