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Mesquite Fruit Bowl

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Mesquite Fruit BowlI haven't spent much time out in the garage over the past year or so, creating sawdust. However, I have been working on a project for a good friend of mine. She asked if I could make something for a silent auction to benefit the McAllen South Texas Book Festival.I just put the finishing touches on it tonight and I love the way it turned out.Mesquite bowl, 10 across, 3.5 deep, wall thickness is 3/8, which means the bowl is solid, and heavy. The wood was turned on my Nova lathe, sanded to 1200 grit sand paper, and I used 3 coats of Tung oil finish, followed by the Beale polishing system to really bring out the shine.I purposely left a large swath of yellow sapwood along the side of the bowl. The sap wood is the trees growth ring, and is in stark contrast with the reddish hues of the darker heart wood.There was a large void inside this piece, but the vast majority was removed during the turning. Only one small natural crack remains on the rim. Mesquite is such a beautiful wood, very hard, and polishes up nicely.



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