I have long admired the fine lines that Odie turns into many of his pieces. I usually don’t embellish my turnings, relying instead on the colour and grain of the wood to speak for itself. But in this case, I decided to try the fine lines. This is box elder with a natural edge on one side and a work in progress. I decided to make it a thick-walled bowl with possibly a domed lid. After sanding, I used the point of a sharp skew chisel to make the lines. After cutting 4 of them, I noticed a variation in the depth. Apparently the left side of the bowl was softer than the right side and the sanding process reduced it by perhaps several thousandths of an inch, just enough to be noticeable when I turned the lines. There’s also the possibility that the left side was rounded over more than the right side during sanding. So I guess the lesson here is to limit the location of the embellishing lines to areas of solid wood. Any other suggestions?
