Maple Plywood Bowl #49

Great one Jim, looks like plywood is addictive. Maple plywood has a nice pattern to it and you have used it well. Good to hear the knee is doing well, 12 months since I had both mine replaced and doing fine. Look forward to
seeing more plywood projects. Your Dr will love this gift.

-- Bob C, Australia. I love sharing as long as it is not my tools

Nice looking bowl that you have made for the doc. Pretty neat pattern that come out of turning plywood. I will have to give it a try sometime.

-- Mike, Missouri --- “A positive life can not happen with a negative mind.” ---

A really beautiful looking bowl Jim. I haven’t got the courage up to do bowl turning as yet but when I see works of art like this it really gets my blood running. I’ve given myself a due date of December 1st for my first effort. I do lots of spindles, pens, chess pieces (plus carving) but bowl turning has me frozen for some reason. I have a very old lathe that limits me to using an L shaped rest for inside cuts and I don’t feel comfortable with it. But seeing your turnings sure does get me going. I looked at all your other turning projects and they are great. Wally

Pretty cool !

-- --- It's the little tools that get you ---

Great job Jim! Keep up the good work!

-- If I can do it.....so can you! -AJswoodshop

Great Bowl Jim, but even better to hear your knee is mending!!
Go Slow with the recovery my Friend… You don’t want to have to make your Doctor another one!!

-- Mike in Concord, NH---Unpleasant tasks are simply worthy challenges to improve skills.

Great Project! What kind of plywood did you use? Was it Lowe’s or Home Depots’s plywood or better grade? It looks to me like it is better, because man that looks good!

-- Most people say "Measure Twice, Cut Once." I say, "Cut Twice, Measure Once".

Bob’s got ya Jim :: )))
this looks like some sort of alien staring you down, man you get some great effects with that ly.
Nice job on the bowl as well mate
pete

-- Pete G: If you always do what you always did you'll always get what you always got

Very interesting job !!!!

-- Lidiya,Russia," I use wood to translate my mood".

Glad to see ya up and about. Nice bowl.

-- www.carvingandturningsbyrick.com, Rick Kruse, Grand Rapids, MI

Trick ! The pattern is very pleasing to the eye.

-- Dwight - "Free legal advice available - contact Dewey, Cheetam & Howe""

Thank you all for all the nice comments. Bob does have me hooked!

Mike, I don’t want to go through another knee operation either!!

Woodworker01,
This is not ordinary box store plywood… it is better than marine grade plywood. It is PSC Global Ultraflat maple plywood- The 3/4” is 13 ply and the 5/8” is 9 ply. It has top quality wood throughout- no voids at all.The glue is food safe and it costs $200 for a 5×5 sheet, I’m told
I was given some scraps and I’m trying to make the best of them. I used some for my router fixture for the lathe and I thought it would look nice when turned round as you see here. Doing this one gave me a lot more ides to use before it runs out!!

-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!!

Great pattern Jim.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Jim, this is a real eye popper!! You are so talented as well!! Sorry, I didn’t know about the knee, hope you heal real good….

Thanks for sharing

-- Chuck Emery, Michigan,

Love it!!

AKA….........Woodchic

-- Robin Renee'