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Epoxy Rim Bowls
Using my new circle cutting jig, I wanted to turn a couple bowls from a slab remanent that I had and try adding some epoxy inlay along the rim. The bowls aren't nesting, but it was a good project to work through the process of trying to create matching profiles on two separate items…something that's new to me. I turned them both using a face plate, then attached a chuck to a turned tenon on each for the long haul. I had these bowls on and off the lathe several times. I'm not thrilled with the proportions of the bowls themselves, but I'm pretty happy with the overall outcome.
Sanded to 1800g, then Dr. Kirk's Scratch Free. Finished with homemade friction polish.
Sanded to 1800g, then Dr. Kirk's Scratch Free. Finished with homemade friction polish.
Ryan/// ~sigh~ I blew up another bowl. Moke told me "I made the inside bigger than the outside".
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Pretty bowls. The inlay looks great.
Main Street to the Mountains
I really like the rim idea.
Petey
those are both beautiful. finish is perfect.
working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.
Thanks guys. They were kind of a trial to see if I could do it. Worked out ok, and I think you could church up the epoxy a little to make it more interesting.
Ryan/// ~sigh~ I blew up another bowl. Moke told me "I made the inside bigger than the outside".
The texture of the wood is bright.
what ( what is it ) - Finished with homemade friction polish.
what ( what is it ) - Finished with homemade friction polish.
Sasha. - Life is not a draft, you can't redo it tomorrow
Those are cool,
I like the epoxy. Nice experiment.
I like the epoxy. Nice experiment.
Figuring out how to do something you have never done is what makes a good challenge.
what ( what is it ) - Finished with homemade friction polish.
I use 3 parts 2# dewaxed shellac, 2 parts BLO, 1 part denatured alcohol. So it’s basically equal parts washcoat (1# ‘thinned’) shellac and BLO, but I keep all my shellac at 2# I use the 3/2/1 formula above. Works great. That’s face grain black walnut.
Ryan/// ~sigh~ I blew up another bowl. Moke told me "I made the inside bigger than the outside".
Thank you.
How many layers???
How many layers???
Sasha. - Life is not a draft, you can't redo it tomorrow
I went back and looked at my finishing notes, which are normally pretty thorough, but I didn’t add it there…weird. On most turned projects that I’m trying to put a fine finish on I sand to about 8000 then use Dr. Kirk’s scratch free (which is probably unnecessary, but I feel like it evens out the finish a little, then usually 3 coats of friction polish, then sometimes a final coat of wax. But there are a lot of ‘usuallys’ and ‘sometimes’ in there…so I’m not sure if that’s exactly what I did with those bowls…which is why I usually write that stuff down! But I’m guessing that’s pretty close. These were really just for decoration so friction polish was my choice. I’m a big fan of friction polish, but it doesn’t wear particularly well on well handled items.
If something is going to get handled a lot I will sand it to medium (maybe 320-420), then spray it with 4-5 coats of lacquer off the lathe (buffing the nibs out before the last coat with a maroon pad), than buff it up with my set of Beale buffing wheels.
Finishing is an art as much as a science and I’m neither and artist nor scientist, but with the right steps they turn out ok!
If something is going to get handled a lot I will sand it to medium (maybe 320-420), then spray it with 4-5 coats of lacquer off the lathe (buffing the nibs out before the last coat with a maroon pad), than buff it up with my set of Beale buffing wheels.
Finishing is an art as much as a science and I’m neither and artist nor scientist, but with the right steps they turn out ok!
Ryan/// ~sigh~ I blew up another bowl. Moke told me "I made the inside bigger than the outside".
Ryan,
Really like your bowls. The finish is exceptional.
Really like your bowls. The finish is exceptional.
daveg, SW Washington & AZ
Thanks!
Ryan/// ~sigh~ I blew up another bowl. Moke told me "I made the inside bigger than the outside".
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