The Woodshop Shed

Mini Mystery Wood Bowl

Furnished content.
(from Lumberjocks.com)


This small bowl was fairly quick and simple. It is in the same style as some of my other recent bowls.I've been doing some more involved pieces that are made of several parts or pieces and along with fitting the different elements there is a period of time involved to allow the pieces to dry/stabilize. This bowl was a simple once turned piece that I allowed to warp without any trueing up or re-turning.It is the same wood stock that I had previously been calling elm but I am not certain if it really is elm. It is very fun to turn and I really love the tones in the wood. I included a pic with the bottom side up to show the pattern of the radial branches growing out of this piece. They are the reddish spots in that pic.I sanded it to 320 grit and then followed that with the Beall buffing process. Tripoli is about 800 -1000 grit. White Diamond is about 1500-1800 grit. I then used Howard's Feed-N-Wax and then followed it by a buffing with carnauba wax. This finishing process has been my go to finish lately.Here is another pic of the Mini Mystery Wood Bowl.
Thanks for looking.
Happy Memorial Day Everyone!

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