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Turned today a lump of Portuguese Goncalo Alves Some times referred to as Tiger wood it made a very attractive fruit / salad bowl I purchased this piece from an old friend about a year ago he has gven up wood turning in his 90s and I want to do him proud.
Finished with a few coats sanding...
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I had my first visit to the Axminster store in Cardiff last week. I thought I'd died and gone to heaven. Nice to meet such friendly and knowledgable staff and I have also bagged myself a two hour bowl turning lesson so I am very pleased with that indeed.
I suspect I will soon...
8” x 3” bowl made & sold today Merbau wood commonly known as Borneo teak, Johnstone River teak, Kwila, Moluccan ironwood, Pacific teak I have given it a lacquer finish
Yew bowl 9” x 2” again with a lacquer finish also sold
We have just got a new great grandson and I thought a little bowl was ideal way as a gift.
So came up with this bowl with his name and date of birth on it.
It has three little feet for a change. It is about 7" diameter as I did not get chance to measure it, I also had to get the Grandson to...
Mahogany is one of the woods I hate turning but I purchased a mate’s entire stock and there was a few bits in among it I finished it with several coats of sanding sealer and 10 coats of spray lacquer the finished bowl is 9” x 3”
Surprise a piece of wood for a change:whistling::whistling::whistling:
I needed to turn a bowl which I was going to turn into a keep sake of a birth but once I started to turn it the grain was not suited for that purpose which was to pyrograph a name and date of birth on(Yes I also burn pieces...
Made this yesterday to auction but the boss laid claim to it lol it reminded me of the old hop fields hedged in tall slim poplar trees the bowl is 10” x 3” got to make another one now lol
I love my hobby and a challenge this lump of Yew is 12” x 13” with two waney edges from start to finish with a spray lacquer finish this one will be auctioned to raise funds for a veteran who was homeless but now the council have given him a flat