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General Category => Brag Forum => Topic started by: EIEIO on April 10, 2014, 10:44:07 pm
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Nothing too fancy, but a nice unique-looking piece. This was a scrap of 1" thick Red Oak left over from cutting an oval picture frame. Bowl is 11" long, 3.5" wide. The back surface is flat to sit against a back splash, back board on your dresser, etc. The front and sides are smooth curved.
The bowl was made by cutting the outer ring 1/4" thick with a 2 degree angle using a #5 blade. Use a 1/16" bit and drill vertically (not at the 2 deg angle) just inside of the cut line. The inner section could then drop down about 1/4" into the ring. The center was removed then resawn on a bandsaw to 1/2" thick, and the lower piece glued and forced back tight into the ring. The pilot hole winds up at the bottom edge of the ring, which is covered by the center, and in the top end of the center, which was cut off in the resaw, so no need to patch it. The center protrudes about 1/4" from the bottom of the outer ring. Round the sharp edges with a belt sander then finished with Howard's Feed-n-Wax.
This can be done with about any odd shaped piece of hardwood that you don't want to waste.
For the next one I may use a steeper angle - maybe 30 degrees - to make it easier to scoop change out, but that will need to be pilot-drilled at a little less than the cut angle so it is hidden. Then resaw the center to split off the bottom 1/4" (rather than 1/2" on this one) to glue back in.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NsN7KTyuspM/U0dQzmYf8FI/AAAAAAAABck/fmrc9jv5YpA/w1598-h527-no/ChangeBowl.jpg)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-byQUgDjRnNc/U0dQ0mdwG0I/AAAAAAAABcs/PRbzgYZQQ30/w1598-h562-no/ChangeBowlBottom.jpg)
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Very nicely done. THanks for sharing this with us.
DW
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great job Ray, nice cutting and a nice wood/grain.
just a question, how is a change bowl used? never heard of it.... ::)
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Looks fantastic Ray, love the wood you used. Well done.
Marg
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Beautiful work, very well made and elegant, thanks for sharing.
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great job Ray, nice cutting and a nice wood/grain.
just a question, how is a change bowl used? never heard of it.... ::)
Marcel - this can be used for any small bowl dry use - like a candy dish - but what I was thinking while making it was Change Bowl. Keep it on your bedroom dresser (chest of drawers) to drop the spare change (money in the form of coins) you picked up during the day. Or maybe on a hall table near the front door to drop you keys as you come into the house.
This is why it's so interesting to post on this forum. Your question makes perfect sense, but never occurred to me that the term might not be common in different parts of the world. Have a good day, my friend. :)
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Good job on a nice "utility" tray EIEIO! I call it a utility tray because as you said, it could be used for a lot of different things.
It reminded me of some snack trays that I made as Christmas gifts several years ago.
The pattern is in Steve Goods pattern catalog if anyone is interested.
(http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z299/rapidroger/18OakTraysIMG_0652.jpg) (http://s193.photobucket.com/user/rapidroger/media/18OakTraysIMG_0652.jpg.html)
They are not too hard to make and I thought they looked cool but, I don't think anybody that received them (I gave them in sets of six) ever used them. :D At least I've never been offered one when I visit. ;D
Rog
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Roger - those do look slick. I don't know why they would not get used - I know I'd use them. They look like a similar construction.
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Looks nice Ray. Thanks for sharing.
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Nice work Ray