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Brag Forum / Re: Welcome Horse Plaque from Steve Good
« on: May 29, 2020, 08:37:13 pm »
Nice work!!
News: Had a couple issues with the forum today. 1/19/2017. I believe I have them corrected now. Let me know if you have any trouble. Thanks.
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Brag Forum / Re: Flower Bowl completed
« on: May 29, 2020, 08:33:04 pm »Very nice! Now what will you put in it?I hadn't thought much about that. This idea has been rattling around in my head for months but not that part
Karl
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Brag Forum / Flower Bowl completed
« on: May 28, 2020, 07:35:53 pm »
Finished with Teak oil then satin poly -- will probably use beeswax later to polish. I left it a bit rough because it's getting really thin in spots (singing to me again). I even had to patch a sanding hole but I doubt you can even find it -- even in person it's hard to see.
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Brag Forum / Flower bowl Redux
« on: May 26, 2020, 12:29:02 pm »
I'm re-doing the little flower bowl in a larger size and this time I took some progress pics that may help you see the method I came up with. In the first pic I've already done the outside cut at 40 degrees angled outward and set up for the next cut - this time at 35 degrees inward on the same line. The second pic shows that cut complete. From there I dropped the angle by 5 degrees per cut -- starting at the beginning it's 40 - 35 - 30 - 25 - 20 - then 15 for the final cut (the base). You do have to adjust the cut lines as you go inward or you won't end up with enough glue surface --each layer needed re-drawn as I went -- I feel like there may be a smoother way to do it but I haven't found it yet (maybe reverse the cut order and start at the base?). Also sanding the sides can be scary as some of the wall areas are thinner than I'd like because of the angle changes - especially in the 5 corners -- In these pics nothing is glued to together yet -- it would almost look cool to leave the outside like this and just smooth out the inside but we'll see next time.You can see more pics on my instagram page @boldheartcustomcreations- they just won't fit here with the limits on size
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Brag Forum / Re: First completed bowl
« on: May 24, 2020, 11:21:29 pm »Excellent job. Where did you find that type of wood.
At a local hard wood shop
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Brag Forum / Rectangular bowl
« on: May 24, 2020, 09:35:27 pm »
While working the large flower bowl I decided to go for a rectangle -- my take on a bread bowl of sorts. I think it came out pretty sweet!! 4/4 Black Limba (love this stuff) cut with a #9 modified geometry - 30 degree angle on this one. These are a bit more difficult than the ovals were - mostly in sanding those inside corners. Also they are actually thicker in the walls than the shape of the top suggests
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Brag Forum / Re: Experimental bowl completed
« on: May 21, 2020, 11:10:48 pm »Looks good!
I give 'em about 5-10 minutes and then check to make sure everything looks correct. It's also a good time to try to clean up excess glue.
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Brag Forum / Re: Experimental bowl completed
« on: May 20, 2020, 04:52:04 pm »That looks great. It looks like a lot of work!
Karl
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Brag Forum / Experimental bowl completed
« on: May 19, 2020, 07:13:16 pm »
Here's the completion of that experiment -- I did some more shaping with the Dremel and then applied Danish oil. I did end up with a crack in this one because when I went to glue the base on it slid sideways but i didn't catch it for about an hour. I separated it again (cracking it) and re-glued. I'll be trying it again shortly , only larger.
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Introduce Yourself. / Re: New guy from Arizona
« on: May 18, 2020, 01:52:53 am »Very nice! Welcome to the forum! I am Tony,aka,Toneman from Paris, Texas.
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Introduce Yourself. / Re: New guy from Arizona
« on: May 18, 2020, 01:50:19 am »Very nice work you have shown!
Thanks for sharing already and I hope you learn to love the forum and
participate. So, welcome to the forum and God Bless!
Spirithorse
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Brag Forum / Re: An experimental bowl cutting
« on: May 16, 2020, 10:36:00 pm »Looks good so far. Very original and I haven't seen this done before.
Karl
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Brag Forum / An experimental bowl cutting
« on: May 16, 2020, 02:20:43 pm »
A little experiment I'm trying with my scroll saw -- a flower cut like a bowl -- still have some kinks and angles to work out -This is mostly freeform cutting based on an actual flower -- it's not something I've seen anybody try quite like this but I could have missed it somewhere -I think I may have to go bigger to make it work as an actual bowl - more shaping with the dremel to do also
