{"id":2621,"date":"2019-03-10T04:00:48","date_gmt":"2019-03-10T08:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.woodturningpens.com\/?p=2621"},"modified":"2019-03-07T19:52:16","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T00:52:16","slug":"four-black-cherry-bowls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.woodturningpens.com\/four-black-cherry-bowls\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Black Cherry Bowls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
I have a friend who mentioned that he liked Cherry as a wood once he knew that I made wood bowls. I bought a set of four kiln dried Cherry bowl blanks from the guys at Got Wood?<\/a> in South Carolina. Their quality is always excellent and the blanks are pre-cut to round as well. I figured I would make one or two for my friend and still have some extras for other interested people.<\/p>\n Two of the blanks were 7″ x 2″ and two were 9″ x 2″. While not deep they are a nice size round.<\/p>\n Cherry is one of my all-time favorite turning woods<\/a>. It cuts cleanly and easily, it smells delicious when cut, and it takes a very fine sanded surface with a nice medium luster. It finishes beautifully with a Watco oil finish that penetrates and hardens over time, making the bowl more durable to wear.<\/p>\n All bowls were turned on my Robust American Beauty lathe,<\/a> using Easy Wood Tools<\/a>, held in Nova Chucks<\/a>, sanded with Green Wave paper from Packard Woodworks<\/a>, and finished with Watco Cherry Danish Oil.<\/a><\/p>\n This bowl is 7″ x 2″. It was a dream to make, taking just about an hour from start to finish. The Cherry cut so easily and cleanly that it was a pleasure to work with it.<\/p>\nBowl # 1:<\/h2>\n