Its freezing cold outside today and its been raining since last night and Im frozen like a block of ice at the moment so Ill be brief.
I made a bowl out of a block of silk oak that Ive had in stock for a couple of weeks. Ive never turned this type of wood and if I had I would have remembered it--this is a most unusual looking wood. And to beat all it has a scent that smells like ketchup!
Here we go:
Here are a couple of photos showing the basic block and a faceplate and a 4 jaw chuck. Both of these devices are designed to attach a piece of wood to a lathe. Since the block is very heavy, Im going to use the faceplate first with some long heavy stainless steel screws to hold the plate on. The next photo shows the faceplate screwed onto the block and the whole thing screwed onto the lathe:
This photo shows the outline of the foot of the bowl and the tenon that Im going to create to give the 4 jaw chuck something to attach too when I flip over the bowl for hollowing.
These next several photos show the blank being roughed out and in the last photo you can see the finished exterior with a foot and some preliminary sanding. The wood is actually a pink color and you can see the wild grain patterns in the side of the bowl:
These next two photos show the exterior of the bowl with the 4 jaw chuck attached.
These last several photos show the bowl about to be hollowed, the center one shows the bowl off the lathe and you can see the pink coloring.
This last photo show the amazing grain pattern. This piece of wood has whats called a lace pattern because the wood grain is arranged rather like lace:
This bowl goes in the drying bag for the next 6 weeks, after which well re-turn it to a more usable size.
Im soooo cold at the moment I can hardly speak so Im signing off for now.
More later,
VW
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