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Messing around with liver of sulphur. See http://www.billharvey.blogspot.com for a couple of tips.

Chas, always a little movement but using end grain at least the rim won't cup. I prepped the pewter ring and then trued the laburnum rim and tongue just prior to epoxying the ring. I was trying to leave the bowl wall pretty thick to balance with the weight of the metal, about a 1/4 ". It's...

End grain bowl in laburnum with pewter rim and foot. The weight of the pewter adds a good deal of heft to the bowl which feels pleasant in the hand. See more at: http://www.billharvey.blogspot.com

The address would help! billharvey.blogspot.com

A few recent posts that may be of interest to forum members. I'm aiming for two to four posts a month.

The cross-grain holly was rough cut to an inch thick and wrapped in plastic overnight. The following day it was turned to size, microwaved twice on high for 90 seconds (an hour apart) and saturated with mineral oil. Sealed in plastic again overnight for a rest and then exposed to let it relax...

Well not brand new. Have a look at billharvey.blogspot.com. I wasn't ready to announce it until I felt I could add new postings at least once or twice a week. Am trying to switch to more informative entries rather than the 'this is what I did today' type.

The pot warped a little after nuking but I like the distortion - it makes it feel a bit more lively. Uniform thickness helps a lot but that length of time is a little risky. The pot was cut from a quarter sawn end grain blank, dealing with the pith in cherry is asking for trouble. By the way...

Cherry pot turned green. Microwaved for two minutes at 800 watts. Finished with Beall buff.

Sorry for mistake on my reply to 'Is there a secret' post. the flexi hollower is made by Woodcut, not Trucut.

Have to second the suggestion on the Trucut flexi hollower - terrific tool!