Elm bowl....again...

[ChrisF]

More elm.....sorry about that....it's seems to be about all I've got apart from some very, very well aged apple which is alternately very soft and very hard/brittle....my skills aren't up to coping with it yet.  

So, this was an exercise in a simple form....and the Mrs wanted a fruit bowl.  It's about 8" diameter, almost 3" high.  Had some real difficulties with the sides which got more difficult as I got thinner (the walls that is, not me.....we went out for a big anniversary meal last night, I am certainly not getting any thinner!), I'm guessing it was the vibration issue Bryan alluded to in a previous post....it got quite noisy and I had real trouble getting a smooth surface.  Ended up using a heavy scraper very gently to get rid of the undulations.

Anyway, it seems to have worked and I quite like this one.  Finished off by using a large mdf pressure plate as suggested by Richard Findley in a recent Woodturner mag.....worked a treat.

Finished with microcrystaline wax, 2 coats.

[Les Symonds]

....Ended up using a heavy scraper very gently to get rid of the undulations......

....and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. Whilst some of the more time-served professionals get their finish straight off the gouge, may of us (both amateur and professional) use a scraper for exactly that purpose. The pertinent fact is not HOW you achieved the finish, but that you recognised the issue and found away around it in order to achieve a good finish.

As for the bowl; what's not to like about it? Its beuty lies in its simplicity.

Les

[GBF]

A very nice finish with what can be a very difficult wood a slightly smaller foot would have been my choice but that is just mytaste.
Very well done.

Regards George

[Bryan Milham]

If all you've got is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

If all you have is Elm (lucky you), don’t apologise when you turn it.

As George notes the foot is a bit wide, but otherwise the shape and finish is excellent. And you even found a little spalting as well.

[ChrisF]

Thanks all, much appreciated.

[woodndesign]

Please .. Please ... More Elm .. I miss not having Elm ..  ..

Now someone has to be very pleased with your results here, must look a treat loaded with fruit.

Only we as fellow turners can be critical of the foot, I'm trying to place if you'd rolled in a small lift to detail the foot, you've removed the chucking point, did the chuck govern the foot size .. the other point as commented before cut few a detail line or so to add highlight .. you're not lacking on form nor finish else wise.   Nice Piece.

Cheers  David

[ChrisF]

did the chuck govern the foot size

No....the original plan was to have a small foot to lift the bowl such that the curve finished at ground level, if you know what I mean.  However, the foot didn't work (I messed it up) so it had to come off.  The tenon was only about 46mm so plenty of scope for a smaller foot.

Detail lines, yes, will try and remember next time 

Thanks

Chris

[Walnut Les]

Nice looking bowl Chris. I like it because it has a little bit of spalt in it. Les