Rock maple lidded bowl

Bought some rock maple a year or two ago for another project, and the end of the (12/4 x 8 inch by 8 foot) board had a knot. Worked out okay, as I talked them into giving me the cost of a linear foot off due to the knot.

This week, I decided it was time to use that “scrap” from the board, so I took a pick to the knot and branch and removed the loose bits, and then filled the resulting hole with some epoxy with pink metallic filler in it.

Finished dimension is 3 inches (75mm) in diameter, by 4 inches (100mm) tall. It’s made from three separate pieces, and I was mostly practicing getting the top and the bottom to fit together right, but since it came out ok, I finished it by sanding up through the grits to 800, with a coat of shellac after each grit, then applying some tung oil and shellac friction finish, and finally hitting it with a thin coat of carnauba wax to make it pop for the photos.

Mostly turned with carbide tools, but I used a ⅜” bowl gouge to shape the handle, since I don’t have small enough carbide tools to get the curve I was after, and I used a ¼” bedan to turn the lip for the lid to sit on and the recess inside the lid.