Spalted Maple Burl Bowl

Re: Spalted Maple Burl Bowl

Brad Vietje

>Beautiful Ron !!! Is this Big Leaf Maple ? I also wonered if it is as oval as it looks, or if our monitor aspect ratios are not the same ?

Safe spinning,

Brad Vietje

Thetford, VT

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Ron in Drums PA

>Yes, it is big leaf maple and it is round on my monitor.

You monitor should have some adjustments.

Hey, that wood grows on trees around here.

Dave Smith, Longview, WA

>Hi Ron,

Excellent bowl. The shape really shows off the wonderful figure.

The twin could be salvaged if the spalted part came off in one or more large pieces. Reattach it with blank epoxy. The black glue line will look like a spalt line.

I have you on my list of people using the alcohol drying process regularly with good results. Thanks for mentioning when you use the process on pieces you post. It helps to dispel the notion that the process is still experimental.

Dave Smith

Pickling bowls instead of my liver in Longview, WA.

Re: Hey, that wood grows on trees around here.

Ron in Drums PA

>Thanks Dave.

I like using alcohol for dying woods. It gives me the freedom to experiment and not having to wait 6+ months for the wood to dry. The problem I had with air drying was after 6 months I forgot what I was doing!

I wish I could glue the section back on. I tossed the broken section. I have a finish on the sister, expect where the glue block is, I'll finish it up and see what it looks like then.

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Mike Schwing from Md.

>Ron, I've looked at this a bunch of times, here and on WOW. I can't figure a couple of things out. Help me please.

First - what broke? Did it break after taking this picture? I can't see anything that broke.

Second, until I saw the second pic I thought it was a platter with a subtly defined rim - based on where the light was reflecting. I then saw the 2nd shot and realized it was a bowl, and then looked at the top again until I was even more confused. It looked like the interior profiles was very different from the exterior. Now that I've had lunch and am looking again, it looks like those two light reflections might simply be telltale signs of where you have slight profile changes rather than continuous smooth curves. It could be just window reflections, but I try to use the light reflections in turnings as clues to where profiles change. (BTW, for anyone really new reading this - this is a very good way to tell where your interiors need improvement, wet your bowl down and shine a bright light at it - anywhere you have more than one reflection is usually a profile spot that can be smoothed out. Not always but usually)

The wood is beautiful. If you tell me it cracked after taking this picture I'll be as bummed as you are.

Re: Spalted Maple Burl Bowl

Ron in Drums PA

>Mike Wrote:

First - what broke? Did it break after taking this picture? I can't see anything that broke.

Ron's Reply:

This isn't the broken one. It's sister, which came from the same section of wood has the broken section.

Mike Wrote:

Second, until I saw the second pic I thought it was a platter with a subtly defined rim - based on where the light was reflecting. I then saw the 2nd shot and realized it was a bowl, and then looked at the top again until I was even more confused. It looked like the interior profiles was very different from the exterior.

Ron's Reply:

It must be the window reflections, the side walls are parallel. The bottom starts out a little heavier so I can turn a small profile, almost like what you did to the bottom of your Oak Firewood Bowl. There is a slight change, The side walls are 1/4" and the base is 3/8" before the profile is cut.

The reason you see a dark line down the center of the window's reflection is because they are two double hung windows side by side and the dark spot is the post between the two windows. If you look real close in the reflection you can see a Great Horned Owl with a mouse in it's beak sitting in a Douglas Fir. If you eyes are real good you can see that the mouse is still holding on to a piece of cheese.

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RonZ

>Beautiful piece and great wood. This looks like a start of an under water world from Stephen hatcher.

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Ron in Drums PA

>Thanks, I always admired Steve Hatcher's work. But I'm not in the same league. . . yet.

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Mark Mandell - Gone Round In Jersey

>Nice cut, Ron.

This part of the Shipp-score? If so, how'd you get it to spalt so quickly?

M

Re: Spalted Maple Burl Bowl

RonZ

>I admire it, too. Now that you've got the background down, you can move on to carving and inlay [something I'm saving for my retirement years]

Re: Spalted Maple Burl Bowl

Dale Cook

>very nice work! I like that you did not cut in extra lines or fancy up the rim. It looks great

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Mike Schwing from Md.

>Thanks! I like it much better now that I understand it. Nice work.

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Ron in Drums PA

>This is from a group of 4 pieces that came from some where else. They all have a little spalting.

Thanks Dale

Ron in Drums PA

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Re: Spalted Maple Burl Bowl

Jim Ketron

>Thats awesome Ron!

Great Job!

can't add much that hasen't already been said!

Jim