Have I sucked the Magic from the Dark side?

[DavidF]

I hope I haven't sucked the magic from the Dark Side by introducing a). CAD drawings and Concept drawings and b). Flat wood joinery!

Here it is anyway. I call it "The Wedding Bowl" The union of my Nephew Christopher to Holly. The White wood is Holly, the red wood is "Blood wood"

A tricky little job, but it turned out ok. I now need to get it to England!!

Both halves turned independently and then Dovetailed together..

The finish I finally selected to avoid colouring the holly was "Claphams" Mineral oil and Bee's wax. From Woodworkers supply.

Thanks for looking.

 

[woodArtz]

My brain just exploded... That is absolutely amazing work! I have so many questions, I don't know where to begin. I'm just plain gobsmacked!!!

So, how did you turn the halves separately?


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[Bas]

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Can you say 2010 calendar?

 

[Trent Mason]

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That's it. I'm moving to England.

 

[ptt49er]

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[Alan in Little Washington]

Beautiful!!! Just beautiful!!!:eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

Now, from my overactive brain.

Did you do this by (1) edge gluing alternating colored pieces using sliding dovetails then (2) glue up a stack of these and (3) turn the stack?

While it certainly would not fit your scheme and purpose but I suppose you could start with four alternating colored squares or even alternating color pie-shaped wedges (appropriate number of wedges - a multiple of the number of colors used, cut at the correct angles) as long as you cut it apart straight thru and did the sliding dovetails on each cut one at a time for each layer?

You are killing me- another thing to attempt and put on my ever growing "to do" list.

 

[woodrat]

David,

For a while I had been considering getting a lathe and doing some turning.
Now, I believe I'll just keep on with my flat stuff.

Man, that's just plain awesome!!!!

I'm green with envy. Thank you for posting that.

 

[Canuck]

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Artistry David!!! Pure magic.

I have never seen anything quite like it and I agree that the 2010 calendar beckons it.

Gorgeous.

Now you need to tell us how'd ya do it!!!:icon_scra:icon_scra:icon_scra

Beautiful work.

Wayne

 

[MikeL]

David, this is truly a masterful piece of design. My initial thoughts of how this was accomplished were already posted by Alan. Was he correct? You've got to tell us!!!

If you don't mind me asking, was this an original concept of yours? If so, I think that you should submit it to American Woodturner (The Journal of the American Association of Woodturners). It IS that creative. Well done sir.

 

[rcflyer23]

What!!!! How The......... That is amazing. PLEASE PLEASE do a how to on that...

 

[DavidF]

Beautiful!!! Just beautiful!!!:eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

Now, from my overactive brain.

Did you do this by (1) edge gluing alternating colored pieces using sliding dovetails then (2) glue up a stack of these and (3) turn the stack?

While it certainly would not fit your scheme and purpose but I suppose you could start with four alternating colored squares or even alternating color pie-shaped wedges (appropriate number of wedges - a multiple of the number of colors used, cut at the correct angles) as long as you cut it apart straight thru and did the sliding dovetails on each cut one at a time for each layer?

You are killing me- another thing to attempt and put on my ever growing "to do" list.

You got it Alan! I was kidding about the two separate halves! - sorry....

One of the trickier parts was keeping the alignment between the levels in the stack. I made a glueing jig that kept the stack in alignment while being glued. I did the glue up in 4 stages so that I could exert enough pressure on the stack. That is other than producing 5 perfect 10" long sliding dovetails!!

 

[PeteM]

A tricky little job, but it turned out ok.

A bit of an understatement I'd say !

Excellent design and execution :icon_thum

pete

 

[DavidF]

The other adrenalin rush was knowing when to stop at the bottom. At any time I might have exposed the holly dovetail coming through the bloodwood.

 

[Shamrock]

That is splenderifourous ( I had to make up a word because no words exist to describe how incredible that is!) Just crazy:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap.





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[WoodWrangler]

AWESOME, David. Very creative, and great choice of woods. The end result is amazing and will be a keepsake for a long time to come.

 

[DavidF]

David, this is truly a masterful piece of design. My initial thoughts of how this was accomplished were already posted by Alan. Was he correct? You've got to tell us!!!

If you don't mind me asking, was this an original concept of yours? If so, I think that you should submit it to American Woodturner (The Journal of the American Association of Woodturners). It IS that creative. Well done sir.

I have seen something similar before and that was in an article about making a bowl from a board. Something along the lines " real economy". The problem with that method is that it severely restricts the design you can have for the shape. So as a design concept I can't say I invented it. I was very pleased with the execution though. It is a design that invites close examination and therein lies the problem!! people are bound to pick it up and look closely....Aghhhhh

 

[nelsone]

I can't say much that hasn't been said alreaty! That is one cool bowl!!!!

 

[Tar Heel]

Oh my goodness, the bar just got set higher.....MUCH HIGHER. That is amazing work David, really amazing. :eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap

 

[jerrye]

It is a design that invites close examination and therein lies the problem!! people are bound to pick it up and look closely....Aghhhhh

Wonderful bowl David!

I know you know this, but I gotta say it anyway.

1. The only people who have to be satisfied are Christopher and Holly.

2. If anyone else doesn't like it, see #1. This includes the worst critic of your work, who is...?:slap:

 

[ErnieM]

As a woodworker I say fantastic work! As a non-darksider I say Wow, how is this possible? What a great job!

Ernie