An afternoon not wallpapering

[penman]

Hi all

Managed to get away from the decorating for an afternoon :lol:

The first is 10 inch dia. X 1 3/4 inch deep X 2.5mm thick Spalted Beech

The second is in Rippled Ash and is 6 inch square X 1 1/2 inch deep X 3mm thick

Both are sanded down to 800 grit then finished with foodsafe oil.

Malcolm

 

[CHJ]

Good work on the thickness front Malcolm, especially on the spalted bowl, so easy to have a thinned area when finishing softer areas.

Did you work the rectangle as is or in the round and trim afterwards?

 

[penman]

Hi Chas
The square bowl was worked "as is" it was a 6" square to start with, it was fun getting it that thin without knocking off any corners :lol: :lol:

 

[wizer]

Nice work there. I do like the square bowl. This process was demo'd by Eli Avisera at our club recently and I keep meaning to have a go.

 

[Bodrighy]

Excellent work, especially the square one. Not easy to do in any wood but in spalted wood it is very hard to get this good a result.

Pete

 

[stevebuk]

well done malc, a lovely couple of bowls, particularly taken with the square one.

 

[Doug B]

Two lovely bowls Malc, made from two beautiful pieces of timber.

They`ll look great in your living room when it`s finished =D> , how did you manage to sneak past the foreman, into the shed for a whole afternoon. 8-[ :shock: :lol:

 

[johnny.t.]

Two nice pieces there Malcolm 8)

Are all of your fingers still intact after the square one? :lol:

JT

 

[penman]

Thanks for the comments everyone.
JT yes I still have all my fingers :lol: :lol:
The only damage I have sustained in the last week was when sanding the skirting board I caught my fingernail on a screw holding a vent to the floor and ripped off part of it. #-o #-o :-({|=

Malcolm

 

[Jenx]

Great bowls Malcolm ... I particularly like the square one... fantastic work ! 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)

 

[stevebuk]

hi malc
can i just ask, when turning the square one did you cut from outside to the centre?

 

[Paul.J]

Great couple of bowls Malcolm,and lovely looking timber shown off to it's best effect
Beats decorating :lol:

 

[penman]

Steve

Yes it was done from the outer edge in towards the middle in small stages.

Just finishe the wallpapering. Still got the finishing toutches to do (Tomorrow) .

Malcolm

 

[Oakbear]

Smashing stuff their Malcolm!

I have to say i admire the skill in turning a square like that. I know from bitter experience to get a nice even thickness and keeping the corners sharp takes some doing!

And you've finished wallpapering already! You won't know what to do with yourself now.....