Magic Rings

The 3 bowls were made from a single 5 x 5 x 2 3/8 block of Birch identical to the one shown.

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Frank Van Atta

Registered: December 2009
Location: Green Valley, AZ
Posts: 308

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Date: Sat December 19, 2009
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Keywords: ring birch bowl

Comments

Bill Beck

How did you do that? Really nice finish.

#1 Sat December 19, 2009 6:59pm

Makepeace

Leo Makepeace

Frank,

Lovely job, finished to perfection, I never get such a sheen. Thumbs Up!

Ruining lots of good wood to get a few average bits.

#2 Sat December 19, 2009 8:25pm

Frank Van Atta

The bowls were made by first cutting the blank into three 5 x 5 boards 3/4 in. thick. Angled rings were cut from each board with a Ringmaster, then the rings were stacked and glued together and then turned to finish the shapes.

The finish is 3 coats of shellac, sanded with a white non-abrasive cloth between coats. I think the main contributor to the nice finish is the hard, tight-grained birch.

#3 Sat December 19, 2009 8:56pm

Don Leydens

Don Leydens

Beautiful, one and all!
Don L.

#4 Sun December 20, 2009 12:37am

Rev. Doug Miller

Rev. Doug Miller

Good job. This ring technique works well and should be used more, especially for those folks who have a hard time getting wood at a decent price. Glad you could show these fine examples. Did you re-saw the blocks on a band saw? 8-)

#5 Sun December 20, 2009 1:22am

Frank Van Atta

Yes, I did.

#6 Sun December 20, 2009 1:44am

Mark Damron

Frank,
I love and use this techique myself. Can't wait to see what you come up with next. Nice work!

#7 Mon December 21, 2009 11:29pm