Small Spalted oak bowl

[Aaron Mckeown]

Fresh off the KS Midi Pro!

Just finished this bowl turned from a piece of Irish Oak. This came from a local tree surgeon’s stock, salvaged after Storm Eowyn here in Donegal, Ireland

Dimensions: 150mm x 70mm.

I’m particularly happy with how the grain wrapped around the curve on this one, and I finally got my laser settings dialled in on the base for the branding. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the form—I went for a slightly more enclosed rim on this one.

What’s everyone else working on today?

#woodturning #irishwoodturning #handmadeireland #oakbowl #ksmidipro #woodworkingcommunity

 

[David Stranz]

Just finished this bowl, after getting inspiration from watching an Emma Cook video on YouTube. Dimensions 140 mm diameter x 100 mm high. Figured (ambrosia) maple with mica chameleon flakes and black leather cording. A gift for a ballet teacher friend.

 

[Lou Jacobs]

I’m particularly happy with how the grain wrapped around the curve on this one, and I finally got my laser settings dialled in on the base for the branding. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the form—I went for a slightly more enclosed rim on this one.

Aaron,
I think the bowl is great! Nice work. And i love your logo, both on the bowl and on the corner of your images. Very classy.

 

[John Torchick]

Two nice bowls! I'm just gearing up to start turning bowls and boxes. You gents have set a high standard. Looked at some of Emma's work. Amazing designs.

 

[David Stranz]

I really like Emma's work, and I think it is great that her video editor leaves in her little giggles when she thinks the camera isn't on.

I finally got my laser settings dialled in on the base for the branding.

One of the things on my TODO list as well. I'm lousy at hand-held pyrographic signatures. I'm debating branding directly onto the base of the bowl or branding a wooden disc to glue into the mortise. I like the idea of a laser vs. a branding iron because you can customize it with the details of the piece.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on the form—I went for a slightly more enclosed rim on this one.

I like the form. I've turned several in that style (see my avatar photo for one). It works well as an alternative to a platter when you have a wide but not very thick blank. It is good practice for working up the skills to turn hollow forms.

I have also considered using that form by sandwiching two unequal thickness blanks of contrasting wood together so the rim is in the thinner contrasting wood. I might have to ask Gemini AI to design such a bowl so I can see how it might look before committing wood to it.

 

[Chuck Augenbraun]

Fresh off the KS Midi Pro!

Just finished this bowl turned from a piece of Irish Oak. This came from a local tree surgeon’s stock, salvaged after Storm Eowyn here in Donegal, Ireland

Dimensions: 150mm x 70mm.

I’m particularly happy with how the grain wrapped around the curve on this one, and I finally got my laser settings dialled in on the base for the branding. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the form—I went for a slightly more enclosed rim on this one.

What’s everyone else working on today?

#woodturning #irishwoodturning #handmadeireland #oakbowl #ksmidipro #woodworkingcommunity

Very nice bowl. I like your logo. I struggle with pyrography and have resorted to a pilot pen. I am considering a laser. What type do you use? I like to include date and wood type along with my name ( someday I’ll design a logo). I would like a laser that has easy to use software - so I could easily change the text for each bowl.

 

[David Stranz]

Very nice bowl. I like your logo. I struggle with pyrography and have resorted to a pilot pen. I am considering a laser. What type do you use? I like to include date and wood type along with my name ( someday I’ll design a logo). I would like a laser that has easy to use software - so I could easily change the text for each bowl.

I have a Creality Falcon 2 laser with a 22W 405nm (blue) diode laser. That's overkill for this - it is able to cut through 1/2" plywood - but you can dial back the power.. A system with a lower power diode laser like a 5W would work fine if all you want to do is pyrography. There are a bunch of manufacturers. Just be sure that what you are evaluating is laser output power. Lots of vendors will try to make it seem as though their lasers are more powerful by listing the input power, which is just the amount of power consumed by the laser, most of which gets wasted as heat.

Almost all of the laser systems use Lightburn software, which isn't free but is pretty cheap for personal use. It is easy to use. If you have ever used a 2D sketching program, that is basically what it is. You can draw an image or import it from a graphics file. You could design a generic template and then modify it for a specific bowl.

In my use, the trickiest part is getting the image correctly positioned on the blank you want to etch. My laser doesn't have a locating laser or camera, so it takes some trial and error to get the etched image exactly where you want it. Alignment pins of jigs to hold the work help. The newest laser engravers have either red locating lasers or cameras which make this job easier. The last thing you would want to do is burn an off-center logo onto your bowl.

 

[Aaron Mckeown]

Aaron,
I think the bowl is great! Nice work. And i love your logo, both on the bowl and on the corner of your images. Very classy.

Thanks so much lou for your comment really appreciate that

 

[Aaron Mckeown]

I really like Emma's work, and I think it is great that her video editor leaves in her little giggles when she thinks the camera isn't on.


One of the things on my TODO list as well. I'm lousy at hand-held pyrographic signatures. I'm debating branding directly onto the base of the bowl or branding a wooden disc to glue into the mortise. I like the idea of a laser vs. a branding iron because you can customize it with the details of the piece.


I like the form. I've turned several in that style (see my avatar photo for one). It works well as an alternative to a platter when you have a wide but not very thick blank. It is good practice for working up the skills to turn hollow forms.

I have also considered using that form by sandwiching two unequal thickness blanks of contrasting wood together so the rim is in the thinner contrasting wood. I might have to ask Gemini AI to design such a bowl so I can see how it might look before committing wood to it.

thanks for the comments, yeah i love the laser over a branding iron for that very reason i never thought of using Gemini AI to design bowls thats a new thing i must try

 

[Aaron Mckeown]

Very nice bowl. I like your logo. I struggle with pyrography and have resorted to a pilot pen. I am considering a laser. What type do you use? I like to include date and wood type along with my name ( someday I’ll design a logo). I would like a laser that has easy to use software - so I could easily change the text for each bowl.

I have a very large 6ft wide format laser ( Thunder Laser ) but you can get away with a lot smaller but in our business we also do cutting and engraving of acrylic etc so need this what ever laser you get make sure to get a lightburn compatible one as that software is industry standard and very easy to pickup