The Woodshop Shed

Apple Bowl Time

Furnished content.
(from Lumberjocks.com)


Back in May one of the guys from the business next door brought over 2 apple logs and asked me if I could make him a couple bowls. Well once I got started with the chain saw I process all of both logs and roughed out 10 bowls an put them in buckets of their own chips to dry out. I took them out last week and they were warped but still good to finish turn. The the next day only one of them had a fatal crack down the center and it went to the burn barrel…..9 out of 10 ain't bad. It was the other big bowl that I had hoped to turn with a natural edge for him.There are different shapes and sizes…whatever comes to mind when they are in the chuck.. The big one was real punky and took a lot of epoxy and shellac to harden it up to sand without a bunch of holes in it.All the bowls have been finished first with BLO and then several coats of shellac and then several coats of satin poly.Cheers, Jim

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