Inlayed mulberry
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Fred
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Nice bowl and great 'save'.
I prefer to work with bowl blanks just so I can sit down and fill in all the cracks with stuff. I use System Three to seal in what ever I decide to use ... sawdust, Transtint dyes (stuff mixes very well with the System Three), etc.
If you use the Transtint dyes with System Three you can mix colors. Experiment with the dyes carefully as a single drop goes a longggggggg ways. I use painters tape as a sort of bandage to hold the System Three in place. I have found that it is far less messy to do the repair in stages if the crack goes up the side instead of across as in 'ren-lathes' fine example. Come back tomorrow and patch a bit more.
BTW, System Three will seek out the smallest crack so be sure to tape up any opening on the outside edge. The stuff turns like butter as long as you do not let the tool heat up ... then things get a bit weird and creates more work for you.
I prefer to work with bowl blanks just so I can sit down and fill in all the cracks with stuff. I use System Three to seal in what ever I decide to use ... sawdust, Transtint dyes (stuff mixes very well with the System Three), etc.
If you use the Transtint dyes with System Three you can mix colors. Experiment with the dyes carefully as a single drop goes a longggggggg ways. I use painters tape as a sort of bandage to hold the System Three in place. I have found that it is far less messy to do the repair in stages if the crack goes up the side instead of across as in 'ren-lathes' fine example. Come back tomorrow and patch a bit more.
BTW, System Three will seek out the smallest crack so be sure to tape up any opening on the outside edge. The stuff turns like butter as long as you do not let the tool heat up ... then things get a bit weird and creates more work for you.
leehljp
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GREAT looking bowl. I love mulberry and have turned some myself when I was in Japan.