Loading ...A friend of mine had given me an Oak burl. When he gave it to me he mentioned he had been thinking of making a winged bowl from it. A couple of days ago it caught my eye and I decided to have a try at making a winged bowl from it.
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I first set my bandsaw at 45 degrees and cut off a section of the bark so I would have a flat spot to mount it against my chuck using the chuck screw. I also put a piece of tape on the tool rest showing where the edge of the piece was. Starting at low speed it still sounded like a helicopter was flying around my shop!
Here is a shot showing the bottom of the bowl with a tenon turned on it. It has some oil on it to show the beautiful grain.
After turning it around and mounting it in my chuck, here is a shot of the top of the bowl. I turned a small bead to define the inside of the bowl a bit better. The wood had a lot of cracks running through it which made the whole exercise quite interesting. At times it didn’t feel like there was much holding it together.
Once the top of the bowl was finished, I mounted it in my donut chuck and removed the tenon on the foot of the bowl.
A couple of coats of Danish Oil, some gentle buffing.
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That is simply perfect! There could not have been a better form or artist chosen for that piece of wood. You have the kind of talent that a lot of us wish to find in ourselves one day. Wonderful piece of art you have created there.
Phillip
Thanks Philip. That’s high praise especially coming from you. I’ve seen the work you do! Thanks again for the Oak Burl.