Carolina Cherry Burl Bowl

This bowl is about 9" in diameter. I have yet to finish it as it is only sanded and oiled now. I tried wet sanding it with olive oil as recommended by ByGeorge. I don't know if I am doing it the same way but it looks great sanded with olive oil. I will finish with a satin poly.

The bowl looks great from the bottom as there is a lot of burl figure on the bottom. I will post a picture from the bottom also. The bark inclusion had some large voids that I wanted smooth. I took a tip from Marley and filled the void with fresh coffee grounds and CA glue. It really came out nice. Much nicer that times that I have used CA and shavings.

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Date: Mon June 4, 2007
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Chris Wright

I remember this piece of wood...came out really nice Jay.

Ken, FWIW, I like to use fresh coffee. I don't drink the stuff so it's not a big deal. I have found that fresh doesn't flash the CA as bad. Sometimes when the filler is too wet/moisture ridden, it will cause the CA to flash really fast causing white foam to appear and harden.

#1 Mon June 4, 2007 8:04pm

flyboy

Chris, yep, this is the piece you saw on the bench. I had to do something with it this weekend. Thanks for the compliment.

Ken, I used fresh grounds (French roast I think). I packed them into the void and filled with thin CA. After it dried, I added some medium CA to level out before a quick pass with the bowl gouge and sanding. I was surprised how nice it came out. I think the fresh grounds let a little color come out into the CA to make it look nice. The pictures do not show it well.

#2 Tue June 5, 2007 1:51am