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I turned this earlier today, I think it came out OK. It is from the same piece of walnut as the bowl I turned and posted yesterday. The design is a little different. This one is more flat. Sanded to 800 and put a friction polish finish on it. I tried to leave just enough of the sapwood to give the walnut a contrasting color. I think it looks a little like a vanilla and chocalate swirl. I hope its clear enough in the pictures. I had a really hard time getting the lighting just right. As always I welcome all questions and comments. Thanks.
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lew
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posted 219 days ago
mjlauro,
How did you finish the bottom of the bowl. i have tried to make some bowls out of “green” wood but have seen variuos ways to finish off the bottom. Which do you think is best?
If you use green wood, how thick do you leave the sides for the drying process and how do you dry the semifinished bowl?
Lew
trifern
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posted 219 days ago
Beautiful figuring in the walnut.
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Scott Bryan
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posted 219 days ago
This is absolutely beautiful. How much time did you spend on turning this bowl?
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GaryK
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posted 219 days ago
Pretty cool! That center picture almost looks like an American nickle.
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CharlieM1958
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posted 219 days ago
Very cool!
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mjlauro
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posted 219 days ago
Scott, you would be surprised at how much time these take. This one was about 3 hours with a bunch of breaks. They really don’t take that long. That is why a lathe is nice, if you have nothing going on and just want to spend a little time in the shop. You can whip something up in no tiime.
Lew, the bottom was not finished in any special way, just the friction polish. Maybe I should be doing something different to seal it?
ericmakesthings
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posted 218 days ago
looks to me like it has a graft line in there…
mjlauro
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posted 218 days ago
Whats a graft line?
ericmakesthings
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posted 218 days ago
The graft line is where 2 species of walnut (English on the bottom, and Black on top) are joined. It creates an interesting figure, grain pattern, and color shift in that portion of the log. looking at the multi directional grain pattern, it looks like this bowl was blanked out from section of the log.
http://calag.ucop.edu/0504OND/pdfs/Walnuts.pdf
Robb
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posted 212 days ago
I don’t know if it’s a graft line or not, but that is sure some neat figure in the bowl! Great looking piece; I really like it.
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cajunpen
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posted 208 days ago
Great looking bowl.
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