re: Butterfly Bowl

awsum55

Wow! The butterfly is a beautiful surprise. Hope you find a way to use the piece with the smaller butterflies too.

Barb, thank you for the nice comment. I'm pretty sure I'll eventually find a way to use it.

Thanks Tony, and Petey

Great segmented bowl. If course the butterfly draws attention and is a great detail, more than a detail. Also like the use of the maple to accent the we get ring. Great job.

Thank you Ron very nice of you to say.

Thanks Ryan

Small parts are a pain and you never know which way they fit after dropping them.

When trying fine detail with veneers, I'll get a good fit after about 5 reject parts. Doesn't scale either so any change in overall size means starting over.

Thanks for your review Bruce. Your comments are proof you've been there before. I can't tell you how many parts I cut and dropped and lost only to have to make the piece again. Even the same piece of wood will sometimes cut or engrave differently from the previous cut.

Nice bowls! I love the butterflies. The wood you call "maybe cherry" is likely Port Orford Cedar.

Thank you Steven, much appreciated. I would have never guessed cedar, but when it comes to identifying lumber I’m terrible.

Thanks Steve, Pottz, and Jim

Damn, I always see the negative... if you use the bowl, you can't see that great butterfly and if you wanna see the butterfly, why make a great looking bowl.

That is exactly what happened when I handed the finished bowl to my wife. She suggested I make a stand and just use it for display. Oh well, most of the time I just make things to keep myself busy.

The procedure you describe is exactly the way I do my segmented pieces. I use a permanent jig for 16 segments because that's what I use most of the time.

It took a tone of patience to make that - absolutely magnificant!

Thanks Ivan

.................. John D....................