yarn bowl

[triw51]

A lady asked me if I made yarn bowls I wasn't sure what one was. So she showed me some pictures and I told her I would try. I had been given a large maple log by a friend so wanted to try turning some of that. I has some splating and been attracted by the ambrosia beetle.
This was the first bowl like this I had turned I left the walls thick because I watched a video which said you want the bowl heavy so it stays put while the yarn is pulled through the hold.
My biggest problem was tear out under the rim and then cutting the slot to the hole. sanding the slot and hole was time consuming but worth the effort. The lady bought it the same day I finished it.
Finish is Doctor's Woodshop Walnut Finishing Oil.
C & C welcome

 

[Edgar]

Now that's just downright cool!
Great job on the slot, hole, shape & finish.

 

[magpens]

Very well done, William !!! . That piece of wood seems perfectly matched to its new role in life.

I am also intrigued by the background of picture #2 where there appears to be a piece of electronic equipment ... perhaps a signal generator ? ... with origins in Canada ... something I might have also encountered in my younger days dabbling in amateur radio.

Please tell me a little about it if you don't mind.

 

[Curly]

William. Marla added a yarn bowl to the honey-do-list the other day. Now I have a better understanding of what needs doing.

Mal take a close look at the lathe headstock and controls on the home page and compare them to the pics William posted. http://www.oneway.ca

 

[magpens]

I did not know William has a Oneway. . Thanks for pointing that out, Pete. . That's it !

 

[Curly]

Neither did I until I looked at the pictures. Lathe envy now.

 

[triw51]

Very well done, William !!! . That piece of wood seems perfectly matched to its new role in life.

I am also intrigued by the background of picture #2 where there appears to be a piece of electronic equipment ... perhaps a signal generator ? ... with origins in Canada ... something I might have also encountered in my younger days dabbling in amateur radio.

Please tell me a little about it if you don't mind.

Mal as Pete pointed out I have an one way lathe. I was blessed a while ago with a used one way at a very reasonable price. I really like having a nice well built lathe

 

[Charlie_W]

Super job on the yarn bowl William!!

 

[donstephan]

William

You might find you can get enough extra weight by leaving just the bowl bottom thicker, if you ever have to make another.

 

[triw51]

William

You might find you can get enough extra weight by leaving just the bowl bottom thicker, if you ever have to make another.

Good idea Don I was thinking along those lines I also have some pewter I could melt and fill an indent it the base.

 

[Curly]

I'd save the pewter for where you can see it, so I'd use lead/steel shot in epoxy. You having some nice blacksmithing ability could make a Damascus ring to put around the outside foot of the bowl for something totally unique.

 

[mark james]

I'd save the pewter for where you can see it, so I'd use lead/steel shot in epoxy. You having some nice blacksmithing ability could make a Damascus ring to put around the outside foot of the bowl for something totally unique.

Or the indent could be on the inside of the bowl where the pewter could be seen. Maybe with an imprint or pattern?

 

[OZturner]

Excellent Yarn Bowl William.
Congratulations,
Brian.