Sweet Gum bowl

Sweet little piece that is about 3x3.25. I had never turned sweet gum before. Came out pretty nice. About 1/8" thick. Finish is cut lacquer followed by tung oil finish. Stil needs to be buffed. Was not able to get a pic of the detail on the bottom. There are 3 v-grooves to set off the foot from the rest of the bowl. Really gives a nice detail in person.

Questions and comments welcome.

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Rev. Doug Miller

Rev. Doug Miller

Registered: November 2004
Location: Hardinsburg, KY
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Date: Sat April 21, 2007
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Comments

Gil

Mighty nice little bowl, Doug!!
Pretty wood. Could it be an orts bowl?
Gil

#1 Sat April 21, 2007 4:26am

N_Addy

You've been busy, Doug!

This is indeed a sweet little piece. That wood is really eye-catching and I like the form.

#2 Sat April 21, 2007 4:50am

Doug, your gonna wearout that Nova. All the pieces are well-done.

#3 Sat April 21, 2007 5:01am

Speanwoody

Lovely work

#4 Sat April 21, 2007 9:10am

Big_Mike

I like this bowl both for size and character of the grain of the wood. A fine looking piece. I think the Nova agrees with you....

#5 Sat April 21, 2007 11:06am

kidcolombia

One of my favorite bowl shapes. Really nice job. Its hard to take one's eyes off of that grain. Is that wood native to your area? Congrats Doug!

#6 Sat April 21, 2007 9:44pm

Rev. Doug Miller

Rev. Doug Miller

Gil, an orts bowl? I don't know. Seems a bit big for that. But I guess it could be.

Jim, sweet gum is a native tree to this area. Most folks find them a pain. Obviously when it spalts it is beautiful. Pretty hard stuff. But, it work up very nicely.

Everyone, thanks for the comments. It has been a lot of fun to turn on this bigger lathe. Many moons ago, Chris was making a comment about moving up to a bigger, more powerful lathe. He said that it seems that your abilities go up with the increase. I still don't know if I completely agree with that statement, but one thing I can say is that you don't have to worry about the ability of your lathe as much. With the rotating headstock I really don't worry about the size of the blank. If it's anywhere close I just turn things out a bit and go to it. Power is without question now so I never stall it. Turning has always been fun, now I really love it. 8)

#7 Mon April 23, 2007 11:29pm

birchwoodarts

Beautiful!

#8 Mon July 30, 2007 6:35pm