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1823 Mexican Bocote
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1823 Mexican Bocote

As received, this Bocote bowl square was 16% MC. After roughing, it took a total of 12 months seasoning time to achieve stabilization. Final size is 7 3/4" x 1 13/16", and weighs 12.9 oz. Sanded to 600gt, Danish Oil Natural, Beall 3-step buff. Bocote is an oily wood that tends to load up sandpaper and discs......but, finishes very nicely. The oily nature of this wood may be a contributing factor to why it took so long to achieve stabilization.
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Charlie Knighton
This bowl nicely centered....could u tell from pictures of blank that it was so?
 
odie
charlie knighton said:
This bowl nicely centered....could u tell from pictures of blank that it was so?
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Hi Charlie......

The bowl may not have been centered in the original photo, but I have the ability to crop the photo with my photo tools.

Have a good day there friend! :)

-----odie-----
 
Charlie Knighton
Hi Odie....i meant the grain orientation being centered or nicely done and how u picked this blank....u did buy the blank?
 
odie
charlie knighton said:
Hi Odie....i meant the grain orientation being centered or nicely done and how u picked this blank....u did buy the blank?
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Oh, yes.....you are correct Charlie.......This was a commercially available bowl turning square. With these suppliers, you pretty much get what you get, and some are better than others. Many times, I see photos of the wood prior to purchase, so I picked this one out myself. As you noted, this one was darn near perfect.

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