Turning From Green To Dry Mesquite Bowl
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Before the pandemic during a trip to the Phoenix area to visit a son, a viewer offered me some mesquite and olive wood. The wood was recently cut down. I hauled several chunks home and got to work. One chunk of mesquite is this bowl. I turned it while green, leaving the walls over an inch thick to accomodate warping while it dried. After sealing the wood, I weighed the bowl periodically until it stopped losing weight meaning that it was dry. However, I did not get around to a final turning until now.
This turning resulting in a 7 inch by 2.5 inch bowl finished with wipe-on poly. I opted for an extra mount in this bowl beyond what I usually do. Other than that, this was a typical bowl turning exercise. While turning this bowl, I put my Hollow_pro Caliper to good use to measure the wall thickness. I prefer it to typical figure 8 calipers.
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Enjoy.
nice presentation good use of your tools
Thank you Charley
ALan
I’m not the typical empty nester/retiree just stumbling into woodturning/woodworking as a new found hobby but a tradesman who’s been at it for decades, the point is in my late “golden years” I’m now just an observer watching people do what I did with no fan fair without an amazing array of tools, tips, tricks, gadgets and gadgets to do so. No critique but just amazed that what I did automatically for 60 years is now so glamorized but I do enjoy watching how the trade has evolved.
We all work to the extent of tools available. Then push the frontiers.
Alan
Alan, do you offer instruction to beginners? where do you feature your work? where is your shop? open for visits? I am McCormick, SC.
-Mike Gannett, gannettm@gmail.com, 864-391-5023
Every week I feature a new video. I’m a bit far away in Utah.
Alan