Another Bowl From A Board

[W.Y.]

This was a piece of cedar that I had got from a burn pile at the local sawmill about ten years ago . It was just a short 4" wide board that I cut in half and glued back together to make it 8" diameter in a bookmarked grain fashion. I often had wondered what I would eventually make with that piece of wood.

Today I decided to do something with it so cut out some rings and glued them up and turned and sanded it on the lathe.

I was afraid the line down the middle would show up badly where I joined the two pieces together but my glue job was good enough that the glue line does not distract from it much at all .

Being cedar and turned very thin it feels like a feather in the hand. Certainly not something for any particular use except to sit it up on a shelf to look pretty . . . lol

Same bowl but rotated 180 degrees to show grain pattern in both directions.

 

[boxerman]

Wow nice bowl Bill. I like the grain pattern.

 

[76winger]

It's really wonderful what we can come up with from some throw-away pieces isn't it? Great looking bowl!

 

[hilltopper46]

A beautiful bowl, Bill.

 

[Russell Eaton]

looks like the right project for the old piece of wood. You are right the seam does not take away from the piece.

 

[Glenn McCullough]

Nicely done, I like the subtle movement in the grain pattern.

 

[Ted iin Michigan]

Bill - You never cease to amaze me. I love your work. Always thinking "How can I use this?", or "How can I do this?". I don't think I've ever seen cedar look so fine.

And don't let the lightness of the bowl influence you. You know how turners are - the thinner and lighter, the better.

 

[NC Wood Art]

Hey this just means you have the only one to ever look like that.

 

[FrankG]

Nice looking bowl; I'm always glad to see a BFAB that has more of an ogee shape instead of the usual straight sides.

 

[truckerdave]

Just a dumb question!
I would love to see more pics of the process. How you cut the board, how you put togther the pieces, how the "blank" looked glued up before it was turned......etc

 

[Younka]

Very nice bowl

 

[FrankG]

I made some composite pix years ago showing the process in a nutshell - see below.