A cupla of new bowls..

[TellicoTurning]

Worked on a couple of new bowls this week... first is a little black & white ebony piece.. just under 4" DIA. x 2 in high..finished with minwax

This one is an Ambrosia Maple.. it's about 7 in dia x about 5 high.. in this picture it's only partially finished with BLO... but LOML suggested it should maybe be food safe, so I have sanded it all down to raw wood and am working on a food safe finish... it had a small void that I filled with brass dust... kinda looks like a snake.

Comments??

 

[jjenk02]

Very nice Chuck.

 

[alamocdc]

Both are very nice, Chuck. But I love the B&W Ebony![^]

 

[Woodnknots]

BLO is food safe once it cures. MOST finishes are food safe once they cure.

 

[huntersilver]

Awesome looking bowls!!

 

[TellicoTurning]

Dave,
That's good to know.. I read the can about not taking it internally, assumed that wouldn't be .. although, I like the new finish better, BLO does darken wood some.

 

[toolcrazy]

Careful of spalted wood, spalt is a fungus and can be dangerous.

Very nice bowl, I need to turn some more of them.

 

[TellicoTurning]

I do watch the spalting.. usually seal those pretty carefully if I think they could be used for food stuffs...

 

[clement]

Hi Chuck,

When I need to finish a food safe bowl, I mostly use a vegetable oil such as "arachide oil" used for salad dressing. It protects very well and have no smell after drying. I applicate about 3 times, between each application I wait 30 min. The last time I use a dry cloth with the lathe turning at 1000 rpm and then I obtain a soft satin shine. I've try it with olive oil, but after a few weeks it begins to smell, I think it was rancing. You can also use parafine or grapepits oil in the same way.
Hope this helps you,
clem

 

[TellicoTurning]

Clem
Great idea.. thanks.

 

[NavyDiver]

Nice bowls!

 

[johncrane]

Fantastic