Walnut bowl finished with Walnut Oil.

 

Pau Rosa square bowl finished with Tung Oil.

 

Purpleheart bowl finished with Shellac.

Beautiful! I am in awe of the finish you get with shellac!

I like those.  I have thought of doing square bowls but haven't yet.

All 3 are great but that Purpleheart one is gorgeous IMHO. Thanks for sharing.

1 minute ago, Grandpadave52 said:

All 3 are great but that Purpleheart one is gorgeous IMHO. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you! 

All are beautifully done. I built a couple of bandsaw boxes using Purpleheart. Love that wood but it really hard.  Great job on all of them.

1 hour ago, Al B said:

All are beautifully done. I built a couple of bandsaw boxes using Purpleheart. Love that wood but it really hard.  Great job on all of them.

Thank you 

10 hours ago, HandyDan said:

I like those.  I have thought of doing square bowls but haven't yet.

Only suggestion is to watch your knuckles, they are notorious for whacking them time-to-time  

Maple bowl finished with Danish Oil.

 

This is the first time I went so thin on the rim of the bowl.

 

I am usually worried about it going too thin and cracking.

 

Thought I would give it a go.   

19 minutes ago, nevinc said:

Thought I would give it a go.   

Well ya' did pretty darn good Nevin. Looks great. Like the detail on the outside.

1 minute ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Well ya' did pretty darn good Nevin. Looks great. Like the detail on the outside.

Thank you, I appreciate it.  

Fantastic! What tool did you use to make the embellishments on the outside?

30 minutes ago, lew said:

Fantastic! What tool did you use to make the embellishments on the outside?

Ron Brown's texturizing tools.

 

I have four different sizes and number of teeth on the rollers.

 

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Nice touch with the texture. As a suggestion I like to cut a line with point tool on both sides of texture and then burn that line in . It just sets the texture off even more. You are really coming along with improving your work.

6 hours ago, Gerald said:

Nice touch with the texture. As a suggestion I like to cut a line with point tool on both sides of texture and then burn that line in . It just sets the texture off even more. You are really coming along with improving your work.

Great suggestion, I had been tempted a few times to buy a set of burning wires.

 

I have seen ways to use what I have in the shop already as a cheap alternative.  I will definitely give that a shot.

 

And thank you! 

13 minutes ago, nevinc said:

Great suggestion, I had been tempted a few times to buy a set of burning wires.

 

I have seen ways to use what I have in the shop already as a cheap alternative.  I will definitely give that a shot.

 

And thank you! 

Go to the local music store and get some discarded music string- banjo, guitar, etc. Different diameters for various burning widths. 

8 minutes ago, lew said:

Go to the local music store and get some discarded music string- banjo, guitar, etc. Different diameters for various burning widths. 

Great idea, thanks! 

6 hours ago, nevinc said:

Great idea, thanks! 

To echo Lew yes Guitar strings. You can cut one in two and have one and a spare. Don't forget to turn some handles for them . Drill a small hole , large enough for two wires. Put the wire thru hole and wrap around to go into the same hole again and pull it tight. It will not come out. Eventually burners do break. Gonna have to make a picture of that.

Working a piece of Dark Walnut.  Just playing around with new shapes.  Finished it with some Teak Oil.

Really neat. Looks like the “bowl” is perfectly centered in the square base!