| Project by RobertJ | posted 432 days ago | 1220 views | 0 times favorited | 7 comments |  |
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This 200# black walnut trunk and root section should give me 3 bowls. The bowl shown is my first. It is approx 12” diameter and 6” deep. The only finish is compound buffing and a coat of Fornby’s Tung Oil and carnauba wax. I’ve never tried inlay but decided to feed a groove with bare electrical copper wire.The bowl no longer has the inlay…I didn’t realize that you should wait for the bowl to change shape! I’ve also learned about annealing and hardening the copper and will try again soon. The bowl was cut 1 day and finished on the 3rd day.
-- RobertJ, Southern California
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trifern
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#1 posted 432 days ago
Beautiful bowl.
-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.
michiganmark
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#2 posted 432 days ago
walnut is my favorite tree, from the nuts to the beauty of its grain.
-- Michiganmark, I dream in wood......I'll blame it on my grandfather
glynn
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#3 posted 432 days ago
you did the wood justice,good job
-- jim nevada
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#4 posted 432 days ago
That is truly outstanding, excellent work
-- Don, Royersford, PA
peteg
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#5 posted 432 days ago
That’s one great looking bowl Robert, well done
Pete
-- Pete G: If you always do what you always did you'll always get what you always got
manzanitaman
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#6 posted 429 days ago
good job black walnut is a fabulos wood type also like wood lathe finally getting the big lathes ive allways wanted. if you ever need walnut burl i can help got 35 walnut burls that i will be cutting up soon. keep up good work. were do you get your walnut burl from.
-- Chad Manzanitaman
RobertJ
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#7 posted 429 days ago
I didn’t realize this was walnut burl. It’s just the base of the trunk where the large roots sprout laterally. I’d LOVE to get my hands on some walnut burl. Are you in So Cal?
-- RobertJ, Southern California
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