Wood Turned Wedding Bowl
I have been commissioned by my father-in- law to make a wood turned bowl wedding gift. The idea for this piece is to have two different woods coming together to make a whole. I am using walnut and padauk . The structure for this bowl will be rings of 12 segments stacked to form the bowl. Each ring will be half walnut and half padauk.
With the form of the bowl made, I can cut the center section, where the two different woods come together, out on the band saw. This took a lot of measuring to get the 2 cuts in the right place on the bowl. The first cut I made with my bowl cutting sled. The second cut I made was with a fence on the band saw table.
With the bowl cut and its section revealed, I can make the center piece that will replace the part I cut out. To make the segments for the new center section I glued a piece of walnut and a piece of padauk together. The seam between the two pieces is a curve I cut on the CNC. The curve looks like a puzzle piece. The overall shape of this new center piece will be the section of the bowl, as this is where there is material to form the shape of the bowl.
With the segmented center section made, I can sand both sides as well as the two halves of the bowl to get them ready for the final glue up. I cut the length of the center section so all three pieces would sit flat on the table with the rim facing down. I then glued all three parts together holding them with hose clamps.
Most of this project was getting to this point where I could wood turn all of this wood into a bowl. I started by making a tenon at the base of the bowl for the scroll chuck to hold onto. I then turned the outside of the bowl, following the form of the center section. I then turned the inside. I sanded the inside and outside to 600 grit sandpaper. I turned the bowl around once again and finished the base of the bowl. I used butcher block finish on the bowl.
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Now, That's What I Call Handjob Ladies ! 5* Well done Frank !
Magnificent
I could wacth your channel for hours and hours! (I did actually jaja). BEAUTYFULL as always.
Epic shop
Even the sawdust is pretty!
Very impressive work!
i love ur laughing man 😀
Dayummmm !!!!!!
Good work but the meeting point of both wood be better if was not made from a different section.
I was thinking that you would cnc both half section and than join them
phenomenal
The definition of impressive… even though I understand every step, and you're explaining it perfectly clear- it still looks like magic.
Very, very fine work!
Where can you buy really detailed wood turned things like this guy makes? Does anyone sell things like this?
Beautiful work , love the end result , love your shop
WOW!
nice vid yo 😉
Crazy skills! If bowl making could get you laid… you'd be the king of pooooon!
you should cling film on your base if it sticks to much to your bowl clamp
You are such an creative inspiration!
I've noticed unlike other wood turners on YouTube you don't finish your projects on the lathe. Why?
masterpiece. The animated segments are very very cool
So creative
très très beau travail !!!! grand bravo chef !!!
WOW…Aweosme..
Wtf… What's up with the surprisingly high level of video editing?
6:10 SNES controler?
Beautiful. I would like to buy some. What is the cost?
In order to deal with the difference in weight between the two types of wood, you could have securely taped something to the inside of the walnut portion, in order to balance it out. Circa 12:00
Where'd you get that custom wood burning logo maker thing?
Did you suriously make practice cuts with walnut?
so do you glue the spacer pieces?
Another Great video! Who the heck would thumbs down this? I think you do a very good job on the vids!
If I may criticize this a little, I'd say that you should've stopped "segmenting" it at 3:17. That was a very nice profile of segments that overlapped and did create the "two pieces coming together" symbolism you were aiming for but in a stylish way. The "fingers"… may I be as bold as to presume that you just wanted to play with your CNC? 🙂 I do like your works, I really do, but with this one I can't stop regretting you overcomplicated things and made it… less interesting. "Too many notes, Mozart". 🙂
PS That said, I have to admit I have NO idea how the "square fingers" would look on a curved bowl, so I could be all wrong.
Reminds me of when I did a chess board. Love the padauk wood!
That is beautiful
Beautiful
What a beautiful job! Thumb up!
I showed my mother your videos…i told her you were a wood worker..she responded, "No, this guy is an artist."
Have watched all your videos. This is the most beautiful thing you've made, imo. It's soooooooo pretty.