Epoxy & Manzanita, with 2 clear epoxy finish.

This is an epoxy hybrid piece of Manzanita wood that has a double coat of clear epoxy for the finish. I’ve always wanted to try this I think it turned out very well ask extremely beautiful piece of wood that was mixed with the epoxy to fill the void and then I came back and clearcoated the entire outside as well as the inside with two coats of epoxy. I hope you like the video. I hope to make a few more of these as we get into the summer. I have found a few of the manzanita Burls and I’m looking forward to make more and learning the Ins and out of doing these. I hope you watch and learn as we go. Thanks for watching the videos.

[@normagene514]

Very nice. The color is spectacular! 😊

[@darrenswoodworks8695]

Thank you Normagene, I love the color too.

[@alangibb3100]

Darren, great job there buddy the colours in that wood is amazing

[@darrenswoodworks8695]

Thank you Alan, I’ve been trying for long time to find a way to show the beautiful colors that is hidden inside these little burls.

[@clydeschuyler]

Beautiful

[@darrenswoodworks8695]

Thank you Clyde

[@waltwhybrewwoodworking]

Looks good. I have a large manzanita burl that was originally an epoxy coated table base and my plan is to cut it into smaller pieces and I hope it works out as well as yours.

[@darrenswoodworks8695]

That’s a great idea Walt, just give it a new purpose. Look forward to seeing what you come up with.

[@STMwoodturning]

The epoxy finish really made the color pop! Do you think if you’d turned it at a higher speed, there’d be less chip out? Pohl Barn likes turning his wood/epoxy bowls at 1200 rpm.

[@darrenswoodworks8695]

I don’t know if the high speed would help. The angle of the carbide tip seems to be the issue. If it’s not beveled I always get chip out. I take older carbide and bevel them on the diamond wheel. Theo they peal off this long ribbons. I don’t mind the chip as long as a big chunk doesn’t fly off making a deep hole. That’s hard to recover from. Thank you Mr Taco. Appreciate you watching my videos

[@quesogd]

Aiden says hi!

[@darrenswoodworks8695]

Please tell him hi for me

[@jimbrock8928]

I was wondering how you kept he epoxy from running a guess just appl heat and remove bubbles. You’re bowl turned out nice love the dark color

[@darrenswoodworks8695]

Thank you Jim, I just
Kept the lathe running while it dried and that prevents the epoxy from running and dripping. The slowest setting on my lathe was 50 RPMS. That worked well. I just don’t want to run my lathe that slow for long as it might over heat the motor.