My Next Project

[pasbuild]

Lookin good 8)  I hope the eye blanks turn out better then the boards did

[LeeB]

I wanna see some pics of your sand blaster.

[Left Coast Chris]

Very nice Steve!   You are really brave to not wrap something that fragile while hollowing.   Sharp tools...... 8) 8)

Question:  If you were to attmept to sand it at higher speeds on the lathe after you hollowed it, how do you avoid having the edges next to big cracks/openings round off?     That has been my challenge along with keeping the fingers in tact of course with gaps like you have there....

[Burlkraft]

I try to do as little sanding as possible, but it is inevitable  :  :  :

I have an indexing head on my lathe and with this one I sanded the last 2" of the rim by hand with the head locking every
5 ° .

It was a lot of work, but any type of power sanding will show as round offs.

My hands just ached yesterday after all that.

It really hurts when ya get sandpaper and fingers caught in crack or a void, don't it.

I always try to sand in reverse too  ;D

I'll get some pictures of my sandblasters .Nuthin' special really

[SwampDonkey]

Sanding is hand cramping work for me. Also, ash is bad for cuts on 90 degree corners, like glass. Also, the sanding really dries the hand pores and kinda makes your finger tips loose some feeling. :D

[BcWoodWorks]

Good to see Rhino still joins you in the shop as well.
...Sounds like a great weekend to me. *Nostalgic moment*

Excellent work as always, Steve.

[Don_Papenburg]

 NO No you do not want dust collection for the lathe . If all of your shavings depart the lathe area  how will you burnish your turnings?    I use my shavings to put a real nice sheen on my turnings .  it works better than 0000000 steel wool.

[Lud]

Goood looking bowl , Steve.,  How about describing your epoxy process.  I've had a few failures where it didn't set up even when i thought I was making a hot batch.

[Burlkraft]

I'll have some epoxy pictures today. Didn't get much done yesterday as it was got to the movies day.

Jill's back at work today and I'll be in the shop. My epoxy should be hard and ready to be turned off  ;D ;D

[Warbird]

Holy cow, BK.  That is AWESOME.  Thanks for sharing all the pictures.  What is the bowl measuring right now?

[Burlkraft]

The bowl is about 22" across

We had a major setback yesterday  :-\  :-\  :-\

I was turning the epoxy off, things were going well and then the inevitable catch

A big one too  :  :  :

I'll have to let it set for a while so I can gather myself and get back to it without making firewood out of it.

Maybe this afternoon I'll give a sand job and now I'll have to do more epoxy  >:( >:( >:(

[Warbird]

Doh.  That sucks.  Did it come apart?  This is still an amazing project. 

[Brad_bb]

Yes, very interesting to watch the progress.  Thank you.

[Burlkraft]

I just got in from the shop and although it does not look like I got much done, it was a lot of work.

I was using 32 grit trying to repair the damage. Some sanding was done by hand and some by hand with the lathe turning.

32 grit makes some serious dust   

It did not break apart or anything like that, but now I have this 50 cent piece sized chunk taken out of the inside of the bowl.

I don't believe I can just turn it out as it will make that section of the bowl too weak to support the rest. I'd have to turn it all thin!        That ain't gonna happen, so now I gotta try and deal with it.

We are on our way out to meet friends for dinner. One of the few I have left before Jill cracks down on me and my diet.

I'll post a picture tomorrow morning of the chunk and we'll have a "how to fix it" whazzit  :D  :D  :D

[Dave Shepard]

Just glue that 50 cent piece in the hole. Nobody will notice the mistake. ;D

[SwampDonkey]

This is where a little inlay work comes in handy. Sanded smooth and like it was always there. ;D


Dave's got the idea.

[Don_Papenburg]

My buddy Armin always said that some of the neetest feature on his wood work where the C.A.S.T.     Creative Ass Saving Tecniques or ways to hide his goof ups.

[beenthere]

.................We are on our way out to meet friends for dinner. One of the few I have left before Jill cracks down on me and my diet.
.......

No, you still have plenty of friends left.  ;D

Maybe one of Tom's $1 coins will fit the divot. ??

[WDH]

Yes, you have plenty of friends here, so don't be so hard on yourself  ;D.

[Burlkraft]

Been working hard on the bowl, even if it don't look like it  :  :  :



Here it is all epoxy'd up.

I'll attempt to get it back on the lathe. It has moved quite a bit, so it's not exactly round  :















Here it is about as good as I can get it.







Things were going fine, The epoxy was peeling off in nice ribbions and then all of a sudden



WHACK








I worked on it a bit and it's not so visible, but it's too deep to turn out and to big to ignore  :D  :D  :D

So we need to come up with sumpthin' to put in there. Got any Ideas?  It's approx. 1" X 1" X 1/2" Deep









I started working on the outside today. I have the final shape, I think.

I have more epoxy to do and a lot of sanding  :  :

[metalspinner]

Make it a feature.  Carve it into a knot and fill with your epoxy and stone mixture.  Maybe carve another "crack" from the center of the blank into the carved catch.

[Gary_C]

One thing to do is mix a wood filler to get the right color and fill it  and then smooth it out. It may take repeated fillings and some time to get it dry so it doesn't shrink any more.

Or make a template and use a router and collars to cut out a patch of your choice of shape and then glue that in place. Just like those butterfly reinforcing inlays that are used on tabletops.

[SwampDonkey]

Got any red maple to match grain with? I've patched butternut before and I challenge anyone to find the tear out spot. You'll find it possibly, but not without looking at the end of your nose. ;D

[Patty]

The blue stone you used in that piece to sandblast is really very pretty. You could accentuate that blue... go back to the stone shop to see if you can find some matching or even contrasting stone to set in there. After setting it, you may then want to sand the stone down to blend in with the wood a bit, instead of looking like you glued a rock in there.  :  Or you could use some of that blue stone dust to put in there and then polish it all together like was mentioned earlier.

The bowl is awesome, by the way.  8)

[Burlkraft]

Jeff is sending me a little piece of his collection to put in there.  ;D  ;D  ;D

I am going to go do some sanding now  :  ;D