Woodturning | Emeralds and Rubies
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- This bowl is available for purchase at: formanwoodwork...
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Today's video: Hello, friends! After proving that I could indeed pull off a board/economy bowl two weeks ago, I decided to really test my limits and make something much more complex. And, oh boy, did this one take a lot of work! I lost track of how many separate steps there were in making this bowl, but I think it took the better part of two weeks to complete from start to finish. For this project, I used 3/4-inch redheart and 1/4-inch red oak wood. I first made 3 separate planks of redheart and oak glued together. Once dry, these were cut down to size using my miter saw (I really need a band saw for this sort of stuff), and additional red oak pieces were glued onto the inside surfaces of the planks. After another day of letting the glue-ups dry, I chiselled down the excess oak to flatten the planks, and then I hot glued all the planks down onto a mould for the resin pour. For the resin, I went with an opaque emerald mica that I felt complemented the redheart very nicely. This was again left to cure for 24 hours, and once hardened, I sanded the whole board flat, mounted it on my lathe, and began turning the rings off. The angle I used was somewhere between 45-50 degrees for each ring (couldn’t get a perfectly precise measure), and for the majority of this process, I used the same jig I built in the last uploaded video. My parting tool, however, snapped in half while turning off the second ring (this scared me half to death when it happened), and although I’m still trying to figure out how that occurred, I resorted to using my 1/8-inch parting tool for the final ring (which worked surprisingly well!). Once all the rings were cut, I connected them all together with epoxy resin between the seams and again left the piece to cure for 24 hours. After this, the rest of the process was quite easy. I trimmed down the rough edges on the lathe, sanded the piece up to 2000 grit, and finished the bowl with several coats of Waterlox.
This might be one of my favourite bowls I’ve ever worked on. Despite the many, may hours I sank into this, the whole process went extremely well (minus the broken parting tool), and I absolutely love the final result! For a while, I had considered using a blue mica pigment (light or dark, I couldn’t decide), but I’m very happy I went with green in the end. I just love how it looks with the redheart.
I’d love to hear what you think down below! Should I have used some different colours?
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Key equipment/products I used:
Rikon 70-220 VSR Midi Lathe: www.leevalley....
Woodstock 1/2 inch bowl gouge: www.amazon.ca/...
Hamlet 1/8 inch parting tool: www.elitetools...
CA Technologies Resin Casting Pressure Pot: www.finishsyst...
Alumilite clear cast: www.alumilite....
Waterlox Original Varnish: waterlox.com/o...
Mould Material
Foam Core Poster: canada.michael...
Plastic Poster Sheet: www.michaels.c...
Looks great with a dandy finish. I have never used Waterlux and think I should give it a try.
Thank you, Gary! Unfortunately, it's a bit time intensive (it typically takes 2-5 coats, depending on how much finish the wood soaks up), and the fumes leave something to be desired, but I've been largely pleased with the final results.
Thank you I guess it is still worth a try. I am really liking the Minwax Polycrylic as a nice deep clear look.
Absolutely no other color would do but the emerald! Such an exquisite bowl. Wish I could afford to purchase it! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you, Fran!
I could hardly see your pencil lines for parting off the rings 🤣
What an absolutely stunning creation, the colours are just fantastic and compliment each other perfectly 👍
LOL! Yeah, I should put some more pressure next time ;)
And thank you, Barry! Glad you like it!
Just simply a very beautiful bowl. Great work.
Thank you so much!
Outstanding work 👍👍
Thank you!
Beautiful Piece and interesting process. Full View and Like 👍
Thank you, Allen! Glad you liked it!
These men are artists!
This is stunning, congratulations!
Wonder! Great work of art 🇧🇷👍👋👋👋👋👋👋👋
Thank you!
real nice bowl Davis PS. just bought stock in glue sticks LOL😊😊😊😊😊
LOL! Yes, I think I saw their price is way up today!
And thanks, Jeff!
I don't normally like green, but that is beautiful!
Thank you, Shawn!
WOW! I couldn't figure out how this was going to come together. It's beautiful!
Thank you!
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Another masterpiece 😮
Thank you, Kenny!
This is gorgeous! Stunning. I love your work with resin. But where did the central red wood come from? Because as you were assembling the rings at 8 minutes and 11 seconds in, the wood used as the centre was a lighter colour. Curious, as I might have a go at this myself. Which should be a giggle, as I'm just starting out in woodturning!
Wow ... nice, good job
Thank you, Tim!
very nice 😊
Thank you, Craig!
Gorgeous bowl great job
Thank you, Tim!
Absolutely beautiful! I Love it. I also love the name. So beautiful.
Well done! Like the design.
Thank you, Jay!
@@formanwoodworking do you have a set angle you use for cutting the layers?
Another absolutely gorgeous piece! I love, love the woods and the resin colors you chose! These bowls look Italian, 🇮🇹 so beautiful and full of color and shine! Marvelous work sir!!
I did not see Italy until right now! And now I can't unsee it, lol!!
wow
Very beautiful and engenious. I say 10 stars 🌟 🤩. Love ❤️ it thank you.
Thank you so much, Penny!
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Absolutely beautiful work! Thank you for sharing your talent
Thank you for the comment!
Magnificent work-these colors are gorgeous!👌👌😁😁
Thank you, Frann!
Those camera angles of the bowl with you and the chisel on the other side were unexpected and really cool!
Perfeito
Thank you!
Now, THAT is ART!