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Chestnut Oak Bowl

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Chestnut Oak Bowl

Bill Grumbine, Kutztown PA

>Good afternoon all

After reading of Steve's quandry in getting his chestnut oak log out of his truck, and answering with my own experiences, I thought I would post a picture of a chestnut oak bowl I turned recently. Steve, this is to encourage you to persevere. This stuff is heavy, it turns like concrete, but the figure and color are worth the effort. This is also a crotch piece, although I almost lost the crotch grain, which can be seen in the upper left hand quadrant.



This bowl is approximately 11" x 4" x 5/32" thick, finished with Watco Danish Oil and buffed.

Thanks for taking a look, and Steve good luck turning your find.

Bill

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Most excellant

Ron in Drums PA

>I really like the flowing curves on the outside.

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Steven Antonucci

Nice bowl!

steve antonucci

>Mine will hopefully turn out that nice, but slightly larger. I'm aiming for 24"...

Steve

P.S. Gloat- $5, loaded into the truck.

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MikeinCapeMay

>Bill,

As always great work! That's a beautiful curve.

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Re: Nice bowl!

Jim Patterson, Wind Gap, PA

>PS: Getting it off the truck without damage to man nor machine...PRICELESS...

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Marc Phillips

>Beautiful work as always Bill...

Marc�s Site



Marc Phillips

Warner Robins GA

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Mike Schwing from Maryland

>I still say you are the only person I've ever known to turn oak bowls that I like. Very nice!

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Bill Grumbine, Kutztown PA

>Thanks guys, for the comments. Steve, what kind of lathe will you be swinging this wood with? A 24" blank is going to be some heavy stuff!

Bill

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RevDoug

>Keep 'em coming Bill. Most excellent piece. Thanks again for showing the rest of us what they are supposed to look like.

Turn 'em round,

RevDoug

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You keep setting the standard, Bill!

David Chung

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Steven Antonucci

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steve antonucci

>I have a Nova 3000, with 1 HP motor. With the headstock swung to 90 degrees, and the RPM's down to the lowest (~200), I roughed a bowl the other day that started at 20" and finished at 17.5". It weighed 77# at the begining, and 16# at 1.75" thick. When it was started, I use 8 - 2" screws in a 6" faceplate. Then I turned a tenon with a 2 1/2" small recess for the bottom of the bowl, and attached with 8 - 1 1/4" screws. The probably catch 3/4" in the wood, and held without any issues.

Took about 2 hours between the Stihl and roughing out at that speed. Once it was round, I moved to 400 RPM. I've done platters out to 22" and I just rougher the other half of the oak log to 22", but I was too tired to spin it.

I use a home made tool rest which is some blackpipe fittings connected to the bango and supported by a 2x4 stand on the other side. Work great for roughout, have to go slower for final cuts.

Anchorsealed this AM, wait until much later to turn...

Steve

P.S. Might just be a red oak. There were two logs, and I'm not sure how to tell them apart from just the bark. Wood looks like red to me.