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Box and bowl

john lucas

Got a little turning in this week. I demoed a bowl Monday night for our club. when I got home I decided it needed something else so I textured the outside with the router and some green paint. Should have sealed it first before spraying because some paint go into the tiniest pores and I could not sand it out.

The box was another sort of demo. I had a new turner over who wanted to learn how to hollow a box. I did this in a rush and it was really too short. I left the opening quite wide so he could see what I was doing. I decided to make a square lid. I think I got the lid too large so I added a square base. That appears too small to me. All in all it isn't bad considering I started it without a plan but it certainly could be improved.




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John K Jordan

Clever idea for the box. I agree about the balance between the lid and base, but hey, an experiment is an experiment!

JKJ

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Dave Delo

Like what you have done with the grooves on the bowl John. Can't tell from the picture but did you use a 60 or 90 degree bit? Did you take 1 or multiple passes? Direction of travel from rim towards the bottom of the bowl? I've done a fluted pieces but always with a cove type profile bit. The V profile looks interesting.

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