Three Softwood Bowls

[W.Y.]

Ringmaster instructions say to use hardwood for making RM bowls . Mostly because end grain does not cut as smooth on softwood and would require a lot more sanding . . When that literature was printed they didn't figure on some of us segmenting the boards so there is no end grain turning or sanding .
This is just plain old brown western cedar with pine accents . Just used a couple boards of the cedar that I got this spring from 40 to 50 year old power poles they were replacing across the road from me . Gotta love free wood .

 

[mark james]

...Bill, when I grow up I hope to be able to make bowls like this (or at least close)! I love your posts. They are great inspiration to continue to learn, experiment, and "figure out" how to do it.

Beautiful artistry!

 

[Jim15]

Those are beautiful.

 

[Tom T]

Yes sir. You are really on these bowls. Beautiful as usual. Triple wow. And power poles. Very cool.

 

[Charlie_W]

Master of the RingMaster! Great job for sure!

 

[W.Y.]

Thanks to all for the comments,
Yesterday I cut some of that cedar into segments to form three flat boards and let the glue cure overnight.
This morning I cut the boards into rings and then glued them together . It was warm here with low humidity so I was able to sand them down after several hours and make the plugs for the bottoms and apply the finish .

This is what they looked like in the press after gluing the rings together .