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This 15” bowl uses a sliding dovetail to join QS sycamore and silver maple. When the rings are cut on an angle the bevel cut exposes the dovetail making a sliding dovetail look like a regular dovetail.
This was my first attempt at a sliding dovetail. I quickly found out there is virtually no room for error if a gap-free joint is needed.
Finished with mineral oil and beeswax.
Pics 3,4,5 These are the mates/opposite of two previously posted bowls that I just finished. You may recognize the patterns from britboxmaker and proskywood, thanks again you two. Finished with tung oil.
Thanks for looking.
Scott
-- Scott Smith, Southern Illinois
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patron
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#1 posted 574 days ago
what a great bowl
and a good save on lot’s of wood
to be proud of
-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle
SASmith
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#2 posted 574 days ago
Thanks patron. Yep, little wood involved less than 2 BF.
-- Scott Smith, Southern Illinois
Cedar64
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#3 posted 574 days ago
Beautiful Bowl
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amagineer
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#4 posted 574 days ago
Wonderful grain in the bowl, the dovetails must have been difficult to keep aligned. Nice job.
-Don-
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#5 posted 574 days ago
Thanks cedar64 and amagineer.
amagineer: All you need for proper alignment is patience, luck, and a bowl press ;)
-- Scott Smith, Southern Illinois
Loucarb
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#6 posted 574 days ago
Fantastic bowls.
Sodabowski
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#7 posted 574 days ago
Wow Scott, these are some busy bowls! The colors are so nice!
-- Thomas - There is no such thing as a problem, there only are solutions.
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#8 posted 574 days ago
Loucarb: That is quite the compliment coming from you. You are a very skilled turner, I am just a newbie.
Thomas: Thanks for stopping by.
-- Scott Smith, Southern Illinois
peteg
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#9 posted 574 days ago
These are very different, well done Scott, cant imagine trying to line up all thoes dovetails,you have a lot of room to develope this theme further, :))
-- Pete G: If you always do what you always did you'll always get what you always got
SPalm
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#10 posted 573 days ago
Hey Scott,
Those are cool. And like Pete, I can only imagine the difficulty of those joints.
Neat effect.
Steve
-- -- I'm no rocket surgeon
BritBoxmaker
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#11 posted 573 days ago
Well done Scott and you’re welcome.
-- Martyn -- Boxologist, Pattern Juggler and Candyman of the visually challenging. http://www.theartofboxes.com
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#12 posted 572 days ago
Thanks for all the compliments.
-- Scott Smith, Southern Illinois
Dave
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#13 posted 563 days ago
I love the dovetails in the segmented bowl. I am a bit of a dovetail nut, And that was very ingenious ;)
-- Superdav "No matter where you go - there you are." http://chiselandforge.com
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#14 posted 563 days ago
superdav721: Thanks. It was a little tricky getting a tight joint 15” long but I finally got it done.
-- Scott Smith, Southern Illinois
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