Pear Wood Canister 3

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Here's a Pear wood canister I made a few days ago. This one is 3 inches in diameter and 4 inches tall, with an amber colored glass marble topping off the knob on the lid. There's a walnut wood liner on the inside of the lid, put there to make the lid fit tighter. I finished the outside of the canister with fluted rings for a decorative effect. This canister was wet sanded with mineral oil and burnished with its own wood shavings.

Mulberry Burl Bowl Update

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As I said in the initial post for this piece, I turned it while the wood was still green which made for a lot of warping of the wood. Dramatically so, as you can see in these photos. I did further work on the Mulberry bowl by filling in the voids and cracks with pigmented epoxy. I mixed gold powder (powdered gold colored mica) and poured it into the voids and cracks, over-filling the spaces so I could file it down to the level of the wood surface. I'm a little surprised at how well it worked . I also sanded and polished the wood which looks pretty good, considering.

Pear Wood Canister 2

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Eucalyptus Wood Bowl

Here's a Eucalyptus wood bowl I made yesterday. It measures 6 inches in diameter and 2.75 inches high. This is wood from a tree in my backyard. It was cut from a fallen branch a year ago and left to dry. When dry this wood is very hard. I had to sharpen my chisels 4 times while turning this bowl (usually once will do). It's beautiful wood and finishes nice though. There are a couple of small "checks" (cracks) in the wood from drying. I'm thinking of filling them with a gold colored fill . . . maybe. This was wet sanded with mineral oil, which I've been doing on a regular basis now because it eliminates a great deal of super-fine wood dust. I followed that with a coat of boiled linseed oil, then burnished it at a high speed with its own wood shavings.

Mulberry Burl Wood Bowl

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This was an attempt to make something out of a large hunk of Mulberry burl given to me by my brother-in-law Eric Wight. This was turned from green (wet) wood. This wood was full of voids, rotten sections, cracks and lots of knots, with grain going in every direction. Extremely difficult to turn. I purposely left this bowl a little thicker than I'd like it so that when it dries out and warps, I can put it back on the lathe and finish it. First I want to dry it out, then I'm goin to fill the voids with black Milliput epoxy putty and then remount it on the lathe and finish it . . . if it doesn't fly apart while I'm working on it. Anyway, I thought I'd give you a look at it at this stage. Maybe I can finish it next week. This bowl measures 2 inches high and 6 inches in diameter. It hasn't been sanded or finish applied yet.

Pear Wood Canister

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Here's a Pear wood canister with a blue glass marble accent on the knob. The canister measures 3.5 inches tall and 2.25 inches in diameter. There were hidden cracks in the wood that tore out when I was forming the parts where the body and lid come together. I was able to save the lid by adding a piece of red Mahogany (the darker wood) to the lid. Unfortunately a small section of the top of the canister body broke off after this piece was finished, with no way to put it back on the lathe to repair it. Still, a nice little fluted canister. This was wet sanded with mineral oil. A glass marble accent detail was added to the top of the knob.

A Small Pear Wood Bowl

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The simple beauty of a well turned bowl. Clean lines, subtle detail. This Pear wood is so nice to work with; hard wood, cuts cleanly, finishes beautifully. This bowl measures 2.75 inches tall and 3.25 inches in diameter. It was wet sanded with mineral oil, then given a coat of  boiled linseed oil. The finish on this feels like satin. I've more of this wood and can't wait to turn more of it.

 

 

There's a tiny sliver of bark left on the rim at the 4 o'clock position.

Inside view.