Chuck Ellis
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Here are a few of the bowls I've turned so far...
a couple bigger bowls and then cored the center out to make smaller bowls... so far no problem with cracks or splits in the bowls... hope I don't jinx them by bragging ...
This one is 11 1/4" diameter and 5 inches high at the rim... (I don't measure how deep the bowls are)... finished with sanding sealer and wipe on poly as most of my bowls are.
This the the number 2 bowl cored out of the one above... it's 9 1/2 by 2 1/2 and same finish.
This is from the other half of the log... my wife likes rims on bowls, so I put one on this bowl... 11 1/2" dia by 4" high.
This one is the second bowl out this blank... it's 9" diameter by 2 3/4" high.... I could have cored a third bowl from both blanks, but chose to stop at just two... the third bowl is usually pretty shallow and not much over 6 or 7 inches diameter...
This is nice wood to turn and while it's still green, I can microwave it a little and reduce the moisture by about half. Seems pretty stable.
a couple bigger bowls and then cored the center out to make smaller bowls... so far no problem with cracks or splits in the bowls... hope I don't jinx them by bragging ...
This one is 11 1/4" diameter and 5 inches high at the rim... (I don't measure how deep the bowls are)... finished with sanding sealer and wipe on poly as most of my bowls are.
This the the number 2 bowl cored out of the one above... it's 9 1/2 by 2 1/2 and same finish.
This is from the other half of the log... my wife likes rims on bowls, so I put one on this bowl... 11 1/2" dia by 4" high.
This one is the second bowl out this blank... it's 9" diameter by 2 3/4" high.... I could have cored a third bowl from both blanks, but chose to stop at just two... the third bowl is usually pretty shallow and not much over 6 or 7 inches diameter...
This is nice wood to turn and while it's still green, I can microwave it a little and reduce the moisture by about half. Seems pretty stable.