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2016 Christmas Bowls Interior<\/p><\/div>\n

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I had a head start on the seven that were already round but it was no major feat to cut the square blank round on the bandsaw. I had chosen kiln dried wood quite intentionally to ensure that I wouldn’t have to wait for drying times before continuing the turning process to completion. This did mean that the wood was considerably harder to turn in terms of general density but Cherry is a beautiful wood to turn green or dry. I have started experimenting more with green wood turning and am currently watching and weighing several rough turned bowls made from sycamore, persimmon, Bradford pear, and bocote, all of which have been coated with Anchor Seal<\/a> to slow drying to prevent checking. Soon, I will finish turn those as they seem to have stopped losing weight after rough turning in February of this year. Once the wood stops losing weight that usually indicates it has stopped losing water and is dry enough to finish turn. At least I hope so.<\/p>\n

The Cherry blanks all turned nicely and as intended they did all stack. To be clear, they are certainly not identical. They are, however, of very similar shapes and styles and once completed I weighed them all. The heaviest was 1 pound and the lightest was 0.8 pounds. From my perspective, being within 2\/10ths of pound, at the strongest outlier, was quite a nice achievement in consistency of size and thickness.<\/p>\n

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2016 Christmas Bowls Stack<\/p><\/div>\n

Once again I was struck with the true individuality of wood as a material. All of these bowls are the same exact species, all from the same continent, same country, and, with one exception, from the same state. And yet, each bowl is truly unique in terms of the grain patterns and any figure that might, or at least in one case might not, be present. Making a set of 8 bowls from the same species, all turned in the same shape and style, clearly demonstrates that despite everything else being equal, wood will never mimic a thermo-formed piece of plastic ware from a factory. And for me, that is a huge part of the appeal of working with wood in the first place.<\/p>\n

In keeping with theme of individuality, I also found that the working characteristics of the blanks varied, and not just because just one was from a separate source, because the variability in working character extended beyond just one blank. The most significant difference was that several of the blanks cut far rougher than others, in at least one case the wood was almost punky in character, cutting very roughly despite freshly sharpened tools across the cross-grain sections. Many of the blanks cut so smoothly on the areas that were with the grain that I almost hated to have to sand it but that couldn’t be avoided in order to bring the cross-grain sections into compliance. While this is not surprising, what did surprise me was how much blanks of the same species can vary in this character.<\/p>\n

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2016 Christmas Bowls Reverse<\/p><\/div>\n

I did continue to expand my use of more traditional turning tools such as the Robert Sorby bowl gouge<\/a>. Despite learning to turn using these tools I have long used mostly tools from Easy Wood Tools<\/a>, and while I continue to use these tools extensively, I find myself increasingly returning to the more traditional tools for the final finish cuts because I find that the results are far superior in most cases than that which can be achieved with the exclusively scraping cuts of the Easy Wood Tool line. My best results come from a judicious combination of the two, each used to its best advantage in different stages of the turning process.<\/p>\n

I finished each bowl with Watco Danish Oil in Cherry<\/a> color. I have used this finish extensively with Cherry wood and I continue to find it to be an excellent product. While this finish is colored, I find that it greatly enhances the appearance of the finished bowl without any diminished appearance of the grain or figure as can happen with some other tinted finishes. This Danish oil product should not be confused with a stain or paint as it does not greatly change the natural color of the wood, rather I find that it simply enhances the naturally reddish tint of Cherry wood.<\/p>\n

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2016 Christmas Bowls Shavings<\/p><\/div>\n

While I confess that I was stressed about completing all eight bowls on a strict timeline and also worried because this project was one of the first I undertook after healing from a total right hip replacement, I did in the end enjoy the process a great deal. I probably prefer to work with different species, one at a time, just to keep things more varied and interesting than is truly possible with a production run of this type, but still, I wouldn’t hesitate to try it again. In fact, my proposal for Christmas gifts for 2017 is to green turn as set of 8 Eastern Red Cedar bowls<\/a>, coat them in Anchor Seal, allow them to dry sufficiently, and then final turn and finish in time for delivery prior to December 2017. Wish me luck…I already have the wood!<\/p>\n

As always, I wish all my readers a great experience in whatever their wood working interests happen to be and to those who like working with lathes especially, do a good turn today!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"