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Thanks for the replies. The following was also interesting http://www.sydneywoodturners.com.au/sit ... 0bowl.html No decision as yet, will test to see how the oils affect the colour of oak and ask my sister (for whom the bowl is a present) how natural or dark she wants it. Is there a summary...

I've been carving out a large food/(big)salad bowl/table centrepiece. It's in English Oak, 5" deep and about 3' by 18" shaped like, as my daughters call it, an egg. It will soon be ready for a coat of something. I've been reading about various finishes for food bowls eg. olive oil, walnut...

Thanks. Paint the ends, leave the bark on, keep it off ground. So what sort of thing is the wood suitable for? I suppose once dried and depending on the finish, anything? Andy

I hope someone can advise me please... My neighbour had to take down his old weeping willow tree last weekend, and he’s offered the wood to us. My wife, keen as mustard to recycle says ooo-yes, ‘we’ could make a couple of seats for the garden, or create an outdoor chess table from a stump (so...