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Alder Bowl
- Thread starter Claude
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Claude, very nice shape and the walnut base is perfect. well done on the grain oreintation!
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Red alder is pretty common on the left coast of North America, and it does turn nicely, looking a lot like cherry when finished. Your base intrigues me. Is it inset or just applied? Might be something to try with warp-and-go pieces, setting it into the chuck recess after whittling a bit oval. Next project I do like that will have an experimental inserted base. With a bit of a cove or groove for a reveal, and to conceal the transition from circular applied to non-circular dried piece, might be all right.
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Valkyrie has a vase in the gallery that the foot has been turned seperate and added nice effect
Valkyrie has a vase in the gallery that the foot has been turned seperate and added nice effect
baitbegger said:
Actually, I use black walnut waste blocks, so the foot is there from the beginning. The bell shaped rims are turned separately then applied. Thanks for the compliment BB.