Crabapple square

Being a fan of Bill Grumbine, when I saw pictorial of him making one of these, I had to try. Turned from a half log of crabapple (got a great score on a tree), 8x5x2", finished with DO. I could have made the bowl bigger.

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Rick Prevett

Registered: November 2004
Location: lincoln nebraska
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Date: Fri June 17, 2005
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Rick Prevett

See that little pin hole at about 4:00? Something lives in there. I've brushed off bug dust twice since I finished the piece. Anything I can drop in the hole to nullify it? CA maybe?

#1 Fri June 17, 2005 1:27am

Philip Peak

Put a drop or two of CA down there, should fix it right up. Love the wood you used, but your right about the bowl maybe could have been a bit bigger. Still nice looking piece, aren't winged vessels fun to do? I still have a piece of Crabapple I got from Gil I really need to do something with.

#2 Fri June 17, 2005 1:40am

Gil

It looks real nice, and you did a very good job keepng the upper and lower bowl profiles the same. The CrabApple wood has beautiful colors.
I had a similar bug problem, and ended up nuking it a few times (until the dust piles stopped). I think that CA would be a good first idea.

#3 Fri June 17, 2005 1:52am

Chris Wright

Nice work Rick. The bowl size is fine, but instead I would thin the wings down a bit to make it look bigger. Offsetting the bowl will also have a huge affect.

#4 Fri June 17, 2005 7:28am

smoky

Nice work Rick and you can stick it in the microwave for about 20 secs. and kill any living creature that might be in it.

#5 Fri June 17, 2005 10:54am

Rick Prevett

Thanks guys. I'll try nuking the piece. I'm afraid I'd make a mess with the CA. I hadn't thought of offsetting the bowl, I like the idea.

These are fun to do as long as you remember the cardinal rule: Never put your hands in front of the tool rest!

#6 Fri June 17, 2005 1:17pm

Philip Peak

DUH!!!

#7 Fri June 17, 2005 1:27pm

Chris Wright

Hey Rick so how many times did you knock a knuckle or finger? I bruised my thumb on my first one. Wink

Another design thought is to leave off the foot so the piece sits naturally. Check out my piece for the first challenge to see one offset and no foot, I think you'd like the challenge. Smile

#8 Fri June 17, 2005 3:49pm

Rick Prevett

Just once that I recall (vividly). No bruise, but a small scrape. Did just as much damage trying to sand the thing. You can get just so far out from the center, then you hit the wood/no wood cycle. Finished sanding by hand after that Smile

I remember that piece and flashed on it immediately when you mentioned offset. I'll check the footless part.

#9 Fri June 17, 2005 3:55pm

Chris Wright

That's why I power sand/hand sand anything out of the solid wood area now. The transition from no wood to wood is rough on the fingers even if you don't knock them!

The post is making want to try another one soon. Smile

#10 Fri June 17, 2005 4:26pm