Replacing That Ugly Porcelain Yarn Bowl
If you read the "Beauty" post you know that I started to turn a yarn bowl to replace my wife's porcelain one. I was interrupted by a beautiful piece of burl that morphed into the "Beauty".
"Spinning a Yarn".... Bowl
This bowl was turned from a dry piece of ash with wood burned edge treatment and a hand carved hook.
This is the first time I have turned ash and I found it to be very difficult to rough out but a dream to shape and cut.
This bowl needed very little sanding after shaping with sharp gouges and sheer cutting with my scrapers.
This was a typical bowl turning process with subsequent hand work. Here are some highlights....
A Slap on the Wrist!
Safety is so important when turning. I have been doing this a long time and from time to time you get surprised. When I was struggling roughing this bowl somehow it came off between centers. Yup it ricochet'd off my wrist and flew by me. Had I not been standing to the side I would have been hit in the head! |
| OUCH! |
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| Cutting the hook with a fret saw |
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| Reversed on my vacuum chuck for bottom finishing |
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| Finished with danish oil |
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| Dusty the "shop dog"! |
Enjoy and comment
Don
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