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Going to the driving range one day I saw someone cutting down one of the many Sycamore trees in San Leandro. This bowl was one of 5 or 6 I got out of the logs I took from the pile.
The bowl started out as a natural edge bowl that was pretty boring. I took my plumbing torch and held the flame against it while it turned on my lathe. I didn’t like how it looked so I started turning the outside off. Once I cleaned up the outside I kind of liked how it looked… I returned to the torch and burned just the endge of the outside to accent the rough edge.
The bowl sat on my TV (where they all go before I finish them) and i wanted to add something to it to make people pick it up to look. I bought one carving tool and started on the bottom. The finished product is what you see here only the bottom doesn’t have finish on it yet.
-- Steffen
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Dorje
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posted 64 days ago
Sycamore’s a fiesty wood – looks like you did well with it…
The carving is great.
-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA
Steffen
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posted 64 days ago
Fiesty is a kind word for it Dorje…I’ll post the other ones I did both of which the tenon broke of and sent the bowl flying across the shop. The wood is so stinking hard the bowls were undamaged other than the tenon.
-- Steffen
teenagewoodworker
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posted 64 days ago
great job on the bowls. its always good to give wood another life. great job.
GaryK
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posted 64 days ago
That carved bottom is great!
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brianinpa
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posted 64 days ago
I have stayed away from sycamore, but you have me thinking of trying it. Nice looking bowl!
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Dusty56
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posted 64 days ago
love that bottom carving
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trifern
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posted 64 days ago
I love the treatment on the bottom. I have been considering trying some limited carving. What kind of carving tool did you use?
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DAN
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posted 64 days ago
great project posting .. the bottom is unique idea.
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Steffen
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posted 64 days ago
Trifern,
Not having any experience carving before this bowl I didn’t spend too much money. It was a $25 tool from Woodcraft. It has a short brown handle on it and there is a number 9 stamped on the shaft of the tool. Sorry the description can’t be better but there is no name on the tool. I have since purchased another tool by the same manufacturer as well as a couple longer handled tools from the Japan Woodworker which is located about 5 miles from me (nice place if you can get there).
-- Steffen
Scott Bryan
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posted 63 days ago
This is a nice bowl and I really like the carved bottom.
Well done!!
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