First bowl detail shots

Here are some pics of the "first bowl" by itself. I didn't get the measurements, but it's about 13-13 1/2" diam. x 4-5" tall. Double beaded rim, with a band of 3 beads on the outside to signify their team of 3 in the shop. The bowl was a gift for our friend Boyd who owns the shop. Highly quilted maple, the blank was one of Mike Mahoney's that he sells. Mahoney's walnut oil wax for the finish.

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Chris Wright

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Date: Wed August 23, 2006
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Junior Adams

amazing piece of wood!!! very nice bowl!!!!!

#1 Wed August 23, 2006 7:22am

big red

very nice bowl

#2 Wed August 23, 2006 4:17pm

Chris Wright

thanks guys Smile

#3 Thu August 24, 2006 5:53am

Pete Kekel

Very pretty Chris. I saw his rough bowls at Louisville, but just couldn't get myself to pay for any when I have so many sitting at home waiting to be turned. Of course, they don't all have this type of figure! This looks more curly, even close to tiger striped, than I think of quilted being.

#4 Thu August 24, 2006 1:24pm

wheelie

Hey chris

1)How did you get the inside base smooth, scraping or gouge?
2)were the beads made with a skew a spindle gouge?
3) was it hand sanded or using drill?
4) what grits did you go through
5) can you answer these questions? Nah!

#5 Thu August 24, 2006 4:37pm

Chris Wright

Hey Pete, yeah the figure is so close it might as well be tiger stripe, the photo only catches about 1/2 of the figure...Megs and I had a tough time giving it up.

Wheelie - here are the answers:
1) I did the finishing cuts with 2 gouges. Scrapers simply tore big chunks out due to the massive amounts of cross grain figure. From rim through the transition I used a 40 degree fingernail bowl gouge and for the bottom I used a 55 (or so, don't know exactly what angle Meg grinds to) degree gouge.
2) the beads were made with a spindle gouge
3) Both. We did the heavy sanding (first grit) with a power sander and then followed up every grit by hand sanding with the grain. We used 60-400 (had to start with 60 because she didn't have 80 or 100 for the power sander). The hand sanding was because Boyd is the owner of a cabinet shop and has a keen eye for things like sanding/tool marks...had to be perfect.
4)see answer #3
5) looks like I just did Wink

#6 Thu August 24, 2006 11:26pm