hi this is the 2nd bowl I have ever made, it is made from a piece of wood I found about 10 months ago, think it is birch. I cut it into a rough shape a left I under my bench for 10 months, not sealed in anyway. so it could split. anyway I going to take a chance and finish it. what suggestions have you on how to apply a finish. many thanks tony.
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Silverbirch
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Hi,
Nice bowl, especially if it`s only your second! The timber looks like beech to me. You could finish it with finishing oil, such as Liberon, which is easy to apply off the lathe with a cloth.It would help to deepen the colour a bit and would leave a nice semi matt/ satin finish which can be buffed by hand.
Ian
Nice bowl, especially if it`s only your second! The timber looks like beech to me. You could finish it with finishing oil, such as Liberon, which is easy to apply off the lathe with a cloth.It would help to deepen the colour a bit and would leave a nice semi matt/ satin finish which can be buffed by hand.
Ian
That's a very nice bowl for your second attempt Tony! For finish, it would depend on what you wanted it to look like, I find finishing oil looks very nice on bowls and has the added benefit that you can apply three or four coats and buff it to a gloss, or leave it at a couple of coats and cut it with a nyweb pad to a nice satin finish. You need to leave it a day or so to fully dry. If you wanted a very glossy finish you could try acrylic sanding sealer cut back and then two or three coats of acrylic gloss (chestnut do these in rattle cans).
Not sure what chuck you have, but it looks like an expanding collet type, bowls can be made finer with a less bottom heavy profile if you have an external dovetail that the chuck clamps onto, rather than an internal such as here. Nothing wrong with this bowl mind, just pointing that out.
Hah, Ian beat me to it! Ian is right about the wood too, it is Beech.
Not sure what chuck you have, but it looks like an expanding collet type, bowls can be made finer with a less bottom heavy profile if you have an external dovetail that the chuck clamps onto, rather than an internal such as here. Nothing wrong with this bowl mind, just pointing that out.
Hah, Ian beat me to it! Ian is right about the wood too, it is Beech.
Nice bowl. The chucking recess on the base could also be turned down to a small ridge by mounting the bowl in a jam chuck or cole chuck if you have one and gently turning it down. This will give the bowl a more delicate look. As for finishing the list seems to be almost endless. I have been using friction polish on some of my pieces and it seems to give a nice gloss that is hard wearing. The obvious thing to mention is to finish the inside of the bowl before turning off the recess if you wish to polish it on the lathe.
