Rcd567
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Had a block of this wood and made a 6"x3" bowl. It turned out rather well for me. What do you guys think?
Lignum vitae bowl.
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Karin Voorhis
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wow that is wild cool lines of grain in that. very nice turn out for sure.
woodsofourlives
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Nice looking bowl, great grain
jimm1
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Fantastic. What finish did you use?
FrankG
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I like it; I think the recurved bowls like this always look the best.
JerrySambrook
Member
Excellent form. Great job
JimB
Member
Love it!
LandfillLumber
Member
Very nice I love the shape and the grain pattern.Victor
cbatzi01
Member
Very nice. I have always had a hard time with LV bowls. I inevitably let the tool get dull, get a catch, and off the chuck it flies. Nice work!
Thanks!
Chris
Thanks!
Chris
arjudy
Member
Very nice form and I love the grain pattern
Tony Pridmore
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Looks good. That's a difficult shape to turn.
markgum
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great job.
SamThePenMan
Member
Excellent work. I imagine its gotta be pretty heavy, or was before it was turned. 
Also I wonder if it'd float.
Did you turn the inside, or use one of those nested bowl cutters? It'd be a shame to let all the wood in the middle go to shavings.
Also I wonder if it'd float.Did you turn the inside, or use one of those nested bowl cutters? It'd be a shame to let all the wood in the middle go to shavings.
Glenn McCullough
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Beautiful grain and shape, well done!
Rifleman1776
Member
Beautiful. You can't go wrong with LV. But, as others have said, the loss of wood inside is a shame. LV is expensive stuff.
AceMrFixIt
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Very sharp.
Rcd567
Member
Thanks for all the kind words. I turned the insides, it is heavy, and I don't think it would float.
Thickness is about 1/16th of an inch at the top and about a 1/4 in towards the bottom. The actual bottom is about 3/8" due to the cutout for the chuck. Darnedest stuff to finish I've ever done. Because it's so hard it's easy to sand smooth, then polish, but it wants to turn green. I actually sprayed on a poly finish twice and sanded it back off because it wouldn't harden. Finally, I sprayed it again and set it aside for a couple weeks. The wood eventually returned back to the original color (which you see here), then I steel wooled it, then applied another coat of poly. I waited a week and did it again for a total of three coats. I've got enough from the corners I cut off to make a few pens. Will have to try that since it's so heavily figured.
Thickness is about 1/16th of an inch at the top and about a 1/4 in towards the bottom. The actual bottom is about 3/8" due to the cutout for the chuck. Darnedest stuff to finish I've ever done. Because it's so hard it's easy to sand smooth, then polish, but it wants to turn green. I actually sprayed on a poly finish twice and sanded it back off because it wouldn't harden. Finally, I sprayed it again and set it aside for a couple weeks. The wood eventually returned back to the original color (which you see here), then I steel wooled it, then applied another coat of poly. I waited a week and did it again for a total of three coats. I've got enough from the corners I cut off to make a few pens. Will have to try that since it's so heavily figured.
Rifleman1776
Member
Green is a natural color for much LV when it dries. Don't fight it.
Applying finish could be a challenge as the wood is naturally oily.
Applying finish could be a challenge as the wood is naturally oily.
Tuba707
Member
Looks very cool, and unique. I think LV is some of the nicest smelling stuff I have ever turned.
Rcd567
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redfishsc
Member
Very nice, great shape.
I made a bowl out of LV once, turned out nice, but nothing as cool as yours!
I made a bowl out of LV once, turned out nice, but nothing as cool as yours!
Bree
Member
I think it's a lovely bowl. It turned out very well for you. Great work on the turning and finishing!
Jgrden
Member
Dynamite, let's fill it with M&M's.