I accidentally left this bowl that was still a bit green out the night after I turned it. It formed three cracks. I was beside myself. I wasn’t sure how to go about repairing but the approach I took worked very well though it took longer than it should. I cut V’s where the cracks were and fitted Ebony Pieces. I then remounted the bowl and turned the Ebony true to the bowl including the decorative edge….not too shabby for a beginners fix. I call this one Fang.
This bowl is from the Maple tree in my yard that had about a years time laying around waiting to become firewood until I learned to turn. The black lines are from bacteria that has started to naturally break down the wood and help it decompose. Catch the decay early and you have a naturalwork of art. About 11 inches wide.
This is a nice thick walled dish about 10 inches wide that now resides in Saddy Daisy, TN.
I was heart broken! The bowl I was really excited about cracked in three places. I knew I had to learn fast how to stop this horrible cancer. The majorty of answers was to “Shim or Fill” the crack. I did not clearly understand but I painstakingly cut out the cracks to make them V’s and then made V’s of ebony, fitted and glued. I then remounted the bowl on the lathe and returned it. I am still very excited about this bowl! About 5 inches in diameter and 3 inches or so high. Th bowl is now named “Fang”.
This bowl was made at a time when my wood supply was limited and had not developed sources of wood. I used many of the left over wood pieces from my Dulcimer making days. I took the various layers of wood and glued them together and then turned. About 6″ tall by 3.5″ wide.
There is an exotic wood importer in town and I would purchase the end cuts off of massive Mahogany timbers used as Ceiling Beams in such places as churches. This plate is about 11 inches wide and resides in Chattanooga at Allison’s parent’s home.
Another Peach bowl from the neighbors yard. What I liked about this bowl was it showed all the layers of wood from the Bark to the Cambria to the heart wood. Maybe 5″ wide by 3″ tall. Turned on the Shopsmith.
Another bowl from the Maple tree taken out of my back yard. About 11 inches wide by 10 deep
This was from a Maple tree I had taken down in y own yard. The tree became mostly fire wood until I began to turn about a year later. The bowl has a natural bark edge and is about 10 inches wide by 7 inches tall. This bowl now resides in Fresno, CA as it was a Christmas gift to my Mom.
My neighor down the street had to remove from the back yard what was left of an old peachtree. I took a 5 ft section of trunk home and got 4 small bowls with the rest jut being rot. This bowl shows allot of cambria (inner bark) which is white as well as the edge is the bark of the tree. I would assume this was my first reverse turned bowl meaning the top of the bowl was towards the outside of the tree rather than towards the middle. About 8 inches high by 4 wide.