Second end grain bowl.

The log with bark on was mounted between centers and turned to this stage. Several cracks were treated with saw dust and super glue. Very tough going with the EasyWood tools and also somewhat easier but still difficult even with the OneWay Termite Ring Tool (designed to be used on cross grain).

The other end

After the center "tenon" was removed, a hole was drilled down the center to mark the depth. But it quickly became apparent that the standard tool rest I was using was way too short to safely turn out the rest of the inside. I got another longer one shown below. This reduced the "over-reach" and allowed the ring tool to cut safely and with stability without chattering and catching. This is the Modular Tool Rest System from Packard Woodworks using a (6" Radius Rest – 12") curved tool rest.

Inside finished and oiled with walnut oil. The walnut oil brought out the reddish color of the end grain.

Reverse mounted on the cole chuck to finish off the bottom.

Using the OneWay Termite ring tool to clean up the bottom.

Partially done …

Finished; sanded and oiled with walnut oil

Side view. The bowl has a maximum diameter of 10 1/2" with a 7" openning at the top and is 9 1/2" high.

Log left on our front porch: might be birch but the bark is a little different than expected for birch.

Cut in half on the bandsaw; circle drawn for the bowl

Trimmed up a little, balanced and centered on the lathe

Between centers.

Turned round and a tenon turned on the bottom

Mounted in the scroll chuck by the tenon and the inside partially turned out.

Almost finished – needs to be sanded more and mineral oil + beeswax + carnauba wax to be applied.

Finished with salad bowl wax (mineral oil + beeswax + carnauba wax)

Salad tongs made from walnut

This was a wedding gift for Dan and Kim.

This bowl was from a log that Tom Tutor gave me. It was from his dooryard.

Log cut in half on bandsaw

Bowl blank cut from half logWhile shaping the bowl, I ran into a metal object in the wood!

The discoloration in the wood was from the metal bit.

After trying to chisel it out and prying it out

It turned out to be a single nail

After cleaning up the hole, which went all the way through, I turned it into a feature …

… by filling the hole with turquoise/epoxy InLace

Finished with High Build Friction Polish (Walnut oil and shellac)

Here’s that pesky nail; it broke in two places as I extracted it.

• Ash Bowl.
  

The bowl was rough turned about 18 months ago and finished this August.

From one of three burls (see below) given to me by Preston. Finished with Mylands High Build Friction Polish (shellac and boiled linseed oil)

[10 1/2″ x 4 1/2″]

This is a burl like, but bigger than, the one from which I turned the bowl above. Amazing what lurks inside – another bowl waiting to be released.

Birch bowl from a firewood log: for Barbara Talamo's birthday celebration. (~ 8" x 2.5")

Sanded to 1200 grit and finished with High Build Friction Polish (Walnut oil + Shellac)

Bottom view:

Top view 2

From a small birch log given to me by Toby Martin. The bowl is pictured here sitting on the other half of the log. (dia ~ 6")

slightly concave bottom.

I gave this bowl to John Higginson who stood by the whole day and watched me turn and finish it starting from the whole log all the way through to the final buffing. Finished with a mixture of shellac, walnut oil and carnauba wax.

From Brandon and Sharon's Japanese maple tree:

Turned from a branch of an apple tree – gift from Toby Martin

Finished with walnut oil and shellac

This bowl also was sold through the Art of the Isle  Gift Shop at the Islesboro Community Center.

Finished with walnut oil, carnauba wax and shellac

This bowl was sold through the Art of the Isle  Gift Shop at the Islesboro Community Center.

This poplar bowl was turned from a crotch of a poplar that came down on our property in the famous 9/11 storm of 2013. It was finished with high build friction polish (shellac + walnut oil). It shows a lot of "cat's eye" grain. It was donated to the Islesboro School Junior Class Auction by way of Eva Marie Olson.

Small spoon from a piece of firewood. Finished in cyanoacrylate.

I was in the process of gathering up scraps of wood to throw them into the burn pile. I ran across this piece of cherry, a cutoff from another project, and said "Nah; I'll make a spoon out of it". More fun than cleaning up.

I cut a thin slice – slightly curved – from the piece of cheery and drew the rough outline of a spoon on it and cut around the outline with the band saw.

I ended up with this, after a lot of whittling with a knife and a spoon gouge. Did some of the sanding on the belt/disc sander but mostly by hand from 60 grit through 600 grit. Final finishing was done with the Beall Bowl Buffing system using the lathe at 2000 RPM with tripoli, white diamond and carnauba wax.

This shows the spoon inserted back into the original piece of cherry from which it was cut

Front:

back:

close up:

Cork bowl blank (A gift from Dave)

Wormwood screw chuck

Mounted between centers on the screw chuck

Drizzling CA glue into cracks and a ring check:

Starting on the inside – still between centers for added stability. Using the EasyWood round carbide cutter.

After most of the inside was turned out.

Finishing shaping and sanding of the outside

Finishing the inside after removing the center tenon.

Using a curved tool rest for getting closer to the inside walls (OD = 10")

After sanding through the grits to 1200 grit

Made a jam chuck to finish off the bottom

Used rubber shelving liner to provide friction and cushion between the jam chuck and the bowl.

(Not a good idea: it left stains on the inside that had to be sanded out: Next time I'll try some other material)

The bowl was centered on the jam chuck using the divot left by the live center that was used for turning the tenon.

Mounted on the jam chuck:

I turned most of the bottom while it was in the jam chuck but I had to leave a little nub that I carefully removed with a chisel. And then I sanded the bottom off the lathe.

Finished Bowl – well almost, the bottom requires more work – mostly sanding. At this point the bowl has not been treated with any finish.

Spectmber 2015: The bottom and the inside were sanded and the ring check treated with sanding dust and CA glue both inside and out. The bowl was sanded again and then oiled with Mahoney's Walnut oil.

Half logs were given to me by John Higginson:

Trimmed with the electric chain saw, with face plate already attached for mounting

Ready to go onto the lathe

Mounted and ready to start turning round.

After some turning 

And after a lot more turning, mostly round with this "feature" in the side. I think I'll incorporate it into the final bowl.

After turning a proper tenon on the bottom and reverse mounting and turning the inside. 15" in daiameter.

Outside after thinning the walls.

Inside after thinning the walls. The "feature" in the wall will be filled with … something.

Teak Plate 8" from a 1 inch rough sawn teak board:

My niece brought a pine log when she came to visit us in Maine, and I turned this bowl for her while she was here.

Oiled with walnut oil and carnauba wax: (from Doctor's Woodshop, Walnut Oil Paste Wax, DOC-102)

These lilac bowls were turned from the "butt log" of a lilac bush that was removed from John Kauer and Barbara Talamo's yard.

Regular edge bowl with bark inclusion.

Natural edge Lilac Bowl

Razor hadles from cherry and mahogany

Turned from a piece of apple wood from an old apple tree in front of Bill Boardman's mother's house.

Made from a bamboo cutting board scrap.

(dia=3")

Another birch bowl from the logs given to me by Gil Revera. This one was finished with the Beall Bowl buffing system:

Turned from walnut, unknown and ash, respectively,