Scrap Wood Bowl: Walnut, Mahogany and Ponderosa Pine

This bowl measures 6.25 inches in diameter and 3 inches high. The wood is (top to bottom) Walnut rim, Mahogany (dark wood), Ponderosa Pine (light wood), and the base is a different kind of Mahogany (I think. Not sure about this one.) The bowl was, as usual, wet sanded with mineral oil up to 400 grit, then given a coat of boiled linseed oil, then burnished with wood shavings, and finished up with a high speed wax. This almost looks like a basket weave design in the middle section of the sides. I think this might be the best bowl I've turned so far. The wood grain on this looks fantastic in the sun light. Shines like a jewel.

Scrap Wood Bowl: Pine and Mahogany

This Mahogany and Pine bowl measures 5.5 inches in diameter and 3 inches high. Top rim and base layer are both Mahogany. The bowl was wet sanded with mineral oil, given a coat of boiled linseed oil, then burnished with wood shavings. The final coat was a high speed wax. High Speed Wax is an alcohol, shellac and carnuba wax mixture applied with a rag while the bowl is spinning at high r.p.m. which heats the wax and shines and hardens it.

Scrapwood Bowls: Plywood

This scrap wood bowl was made with two kinds of plywood; furniture grade plywood (5-ply, middle section) and Baltic Birch plywood (7-ply, top section and base layer). The middle section and the base are oriented in a horizontal position, and the top layer and second layer from the bottom are oriented in a vertical position. The dimensions are 5.5 inches in diameter and 3.5 inches high. It was wet sanded with mineral oil up to a 320 grit, burnished with its own shavings, then given a coat of high speed wax.

Scrap Wood Bowls: Segmented Mahogany and Pine 2

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This bowl measures 5.5 inches  in diameter and 3 inches high. The dark wood is Mahogany, the light wood is Pine. I wanted to use Maple but I didn't have any. The base is furniture grade plywood with a Maple veneer. The edge of the base was stained. The bowl was wet sanded up to 320 grit then burnished with wood shavings, then a high speed wax was lightly applied.

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Scrap Wood Bowls: Segmented Mahogany and Pine

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I upgraded to a new lathe, another Midi size lathe, this one a Delta variable speed model. While I was building a mobile lathe stand for it and making room for it in my shop, I cut and glued-up some blanks made of some nice scrap wood. Trying out a new miter gauge, I wanted to try some segmented bowl turning. When you don't have a big chunk of wood to put on the lathe, segmented layers is the way to go.
This scrap wood bowl measures 5.5 inches in diameter and 3 inches high. The base is furniture grade plywood with the edge stained. The segmented layers are 12 segments per layer. The sides are Mahogany (dark) and Pine (light). The rim is Mahogany. It was wet sanded with mineral oil up to 320 grit, burnished with shavings. The edge of the base was stained. No other finish was applied.

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Scrap Wood Bowls: Segmented Plywood

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Here's a bowl made from scrap pieces of plywood and mahogany. The bowl measures 4.5 inches in diameter and 2.75 inches high. The base is Mahogany plywood. The sides are furniture grade 5-ply plywood with the layers aligned vertically and offset by half a segment. The rim is Mahogany. All the layers except the base are 12-segment rings glued on top of each other. This was wet sanded with mineral oil, burnished with its own shavings. No other finish was applied.