pierced bowl.

[wider]

 pierced bowl I have been doing. I have got some of the sanding done and a coat of sand sealer applied think I will be adding a few coats of oil to finish this off.. all comments welcome.

[GBF]

Very nice Bowl and the piercings look clean

Regards George

[wider]

thank you George.

[Schurchy]

Wow very impressive. Please tell me, do you use the super high RPM drills (like a dentist uses) for the piercing. Would DIY Dremmel style tools be useless for this kind of work?

Steve

[wider]

hi Steve thank you for your comments. I use a dermal to cut the hols out and a fine1.5mm carbide tip from I think Simon hope. they are good tips to use. wish I had the dentist stile cutter but cannot afford it at present. this is only my 4th attempt at piercing so am very happy with it.

[Bryan Milham]

Nicely done.

I think you must have taken nearly as much time laying out the design as piercing it.

[Schurchy]

hi Steve thank you for your comments. I use a dermal to cut the hols out and a fine1.5mm carbide tip from I think Simon hope. they are good tips to use. wish I had the dentist stile cutter but cannot afford it at present. this is only my 4th attempt at piercing so am very happy with it.

It's good to know that you can achieve this kind of result with a Dremel (obviously with patience). Like you, the hi-RPM drills are out of my price range so I'll attempt with a Dremel and hope to get close to your quality.

What thickness did you turn the bowl to before piercing?

[wider]

hi Steve I turned the bowl to about 8mm in thickness. but thinner would help with the piercing.

[Les Symonds]

I really like the design of the platter and its piercings, but felt it somehow looked a little heavier than what I'm used to seeing. I don't do any piercing work, so I wasn't commenting on it as I certainly couldn't do as well, let alone any better. I take my hat off to you for coping with a Dremel on an 8mm thick substrate; from the demos that I've attended, most of the professionals start off with 2mm wall thickness.
Les

[edbanger]

nice work Dennis

must have taken a while to cut out with a dremel

All the best

Ed

[wider]

thank you Ed

[Derek]

I like the design of this Dennis. I use to use a Dremel and found that I could only use it for short periods of time so well done for sticking at it. Look forward to the next one.

[georg]

 A very delicate looking piece you have created there .... Different.
 Kind Regards Tony Di