Filigree Bowl

Dennis - this is utterly fantastic and tremendous execution! I'm very curious about the mounting. Would you be willing to expand on the custom mounting you created and it's use? Assume that battling the flex and vibration were key drivers.

Tom Gall said:

Shades of Hans Weissflog! Very well done, Dennis .... a lot of patience and diligence to attempt one of these. Size? What is the purpose of the added buttons ... just decorative - or ...???

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Tom, they plug the holes for the mounting screws used to hold the work piece to the support. The option would have been to leave the holes open and perhaps turn a bead or beads around each.

Chris Hyde said:

Dennis - this is utterly fantastic and tremendous execution! I'm very curious about the mounting. Would you be willing to expand on the custom mounting you created and it's use? Assume that battling the flex and vibration were key drivers.

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Chris, the bowl is spherical inside and out. Using scrap wood, I turned two fixtures, one convex to match the desired inside diameter of the bowl, the other concave to match the desired outside diameter of the bowl. Next, the bowl blank, with a tenon on the bottom end of the future bowl, was turned to completion except for the tenon. The tenon was removed by mounting the bowl on the convex fixture. The bowl was
held in place by screws. The screw holes were later filled with the wood buttons.. These screw holes were used to hold the bowl while turning on the 19 centers.

Great job love it !

Nineteen centers? Wow Dennis….why to pull off a great challenge!!

Wow !!! Great job

Incredible work. Love the precision and all the hours that went into making it.