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Here is the process of turning a slab of cherry into a bowl. The wood is the piece left over from the previous blog article.
I started by marking the outline of the bowl avoiding some worm damage on the edge.
To save time and a lot of sawdust I trimmed off the excess on the bandsaw.
To mount it on the lathe I screwed a faceplate to what will be the top of the bowl.
All mounted on the lathe ready to go.
The edge has been rounded off.
The bottom face has been flattened.
A dovetail has been cut in the bottom to enable the bowl to be turned to hollow it out. This will also form a foot on the finished bowl.
Starting to form the outer shape of the bowl.
While turning the upper bowl edge I found some worm holes.
As an experiment I filled them with super glue and bronze dust. (Not done this before!)
Time for sanding and a lot of dust.
Sanded to 400grit and sanding sealer applied.
Wax polish has been applied so the outside is finished and ready to hollow out the inside.
The bowl has been turned around and mounted in the chuck using the dovetail cut earlier.
The inside has been hollowed out.
The inside has been sanded and sealed with sanding sealer.
All Finished.
This is lovely wood to turn and the bronze fill didn't work out too bad but next time I will mix it as a paste before applying it.
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A friend whose job included trimming trees gave me some logs cut from several different species of timber. One piece was a slab of cherry which had been 'ralaxing' in his shed for 10 years. It was very dry and hard but it turned well.
I marked out a circle avoiding some worm damage and used a bandsaw to roughly cut around it. This saves creating a whole load of swadust and I will be able to use the corners for small items such as light pulls or lid handles.
It was a nicely figured piece of wood. The knots were particulalry hard and I needed to sharpen the gouges regularly.
It polished up well using a microcrystyline wax.
Finished off with a lasered signature on the bottom.
I gave the bowl back to my friend as a thank you for the timber and there is enough of the slab left to make another bowl or maybe two perhaps.
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In November 2022 we had a table at a local garden centre, 'Shallowmead Nurseries'. Our table wasn't in a very good location but we did get some sales. At the end of the year we donated £520 to Parkinsons UK.
This was out table at Shallowmead:
