Spalted Pecan Bowl

I bought this piece of wood from Dale the Burl Guy several years ago. At that time I only had the ShopSmith and it was just too light to do any good with this chunk of wood. Way off balance and even after I got it round. I even took it over to Phil's to get it round. Once round I still had an out of balance blank. It has been sitting on my to-do shelf for a long time, until a few months ago when I pulled it down and turned it on my Nova 1624.

This bowl is 9" x 3 3/4". There are 4 coats of Seal-A-Cell and 5 or 6 coats of Arm-A-Seal. Each coat was wet sanded with 400 grit wet/dry. It is still not perfectly smooth because of the various inclusions and deep open grain areas. It was really a joy to turn once I had it on the Nova and applied sharp tools to it.

All comments and questions welcome.

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Rev. Doug Miller

Rev. Doug Miller

Registered: November 2004
Location: Hardinsburg, KY
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Date: Sat June 6, 2009
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Comments

Greg Plank

Pretty piece of wood Rev., I like it.

Greg Plank

#1 Sat June 6, 2009 4:32am

Bill Bolen

It's a shame you had to wait so long but the results are well worth the wait! Beautiful piece Rev. Gosh the color of this wood is outstanding...Bill..

#2 Sat June 6, 2009 4:58am

Mike Baber

Very nice Rev, beautiful piece of wood and your form is nice too, ya did good.

Wizzy

#3 Sat June 6, 2009 12:38pm

Frank Reed

I like the form. You did good on the transition from sides to bottom on the inside. I don't know about the rest of the turners but that is always a challenge.

#4 Sun June 7, 2009 5:11pm

Rev. Doug Miller

Rev. Doug Miller

Frank, you are right. The transition is always difficult. I've gone through the bottom of many pieces simply because I was determined to have a nice transition. 8-)

#5 Mon June 8, 2009 4:15am