Alpha-Dave
Established Member
Hi all,
I’m making a retirement gift for someone at work, the wood is from some trees with sentimental value, and we have bought sime ‘fordite’ (multi-layer paint from a car body shop) because they have spent many years formulating paints during their career. I have turned some bowls so I have a few to work with, but I now need to add the fordite in some way. Unfortunately the piece is an odd shape, and full of fissures that I have been dribbling thin super glue in, in the hope that it won’t fall apart when I cut it.
Any design suggestions please of how to incorporate it into one of the bowls?
I have a CNC, so my main thought is to try slicing it with a hacksaw, then cutting shapes into the bowl, and then shape the fordite to match, and inlay the fordite.
I have left the walls chunky at ~20 mm, so I have plenty of thickness to play with.
Any comments or suggestions welcome!
I’m making a retirement gift for someone at work, the wood is from some trees with sentimental value, and we have bought sime ‘fordite’ (multi-layer paint from a car body shop) because they have spent many years formulating paints during their career. I have turned some bowls so I have a few to work with, but I now need to add the fordite in some way. Unfortunately the piece is an odd shape, and full of fissures that I have been dribbling thin super glue in, in the hope that it won’t fall apart when I cut it.
Any design suggestions please of how to incorporate it into one of the bowls?
I have a CNC, so my main thought is to try slicing it with a hacksaw, then cutting shapes into the bowl, and then shape the fordite to match, and inlay the fordite.
I have left the walls chunky at ~20 mm, so I have plenty of thickness to play with.
Any comments or suggestions welcome!
![DA5B4A98-7409-4AD9-AFE1-2E7F980B2938.jpeg DA5B4A98-7409-4AD9-AFE1-2E7F980B2938.jpeg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ukworkshop/data/attach/93/93287-DA5B4A98-7409-4AD9-AFE1-2E7F980B2938.jpeg)
![2364DDAB-867D-4D46-B15B-9F7EF5E7AA06.jpeg 2364DDAB-867D-4D46-B15B-9F7EF5E7AA06.jpeg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ukworkshop/data/attach/93/93288-2364DDAB-867D-4D46-B15B-9F7EF5E7AA06.jpeg)
![1F891CAE-47FA-4F45-B06A-0ABF8D4CFA93.jpeg 1F891CAE-47FA-4F45-B06A-0ABF8D4CFA93.jpeg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ukworkshop/data/attach/93/93289-1F891CAE-47FA-4F45-B06A-0ABF8D4CFA93.jpeg)
![F721C69E-1C8F-426C-B8BE-A7A6788D1A79.jpeg F721C69E-1C8F-426C-B8BE-A7A6788D1A79.jpeg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ukworkshop/data/attach/93/93290-F721C69E-1C8F-426C-B8BE-A7A6788D1A79.jpeg)