Green Wood Bowl

This is the sequence of log to bowl pictures.

This is the other half of the same log. Sometimes things just don't go as planned. But it is still a good learning experience. I was glad I had my full face shield on when this bowl blew apart, twice. After the first chunk broke out I used a parting tool and cut the broken area off to make a smaller bowl. But as you can see that bowl then blew up too. These were caused by small catches as I tried to start the cut at the rim with a bowl gouge. I am going to try turning the gouge more sideways like a scraper and cut from 1/4" inside of the bowl back out to the rim. After that starter cut I think I can use the bowl gouge to finish the cut into the bottom of the bowl.

And then the ends of the log I cut into small blocks to make more boxes with. I place these in a heavy plastic sack so they don't dry out too fast. I may round out 3 blocks and then turn them into boxes right away, but normally take one block at a time and bake a box from it. These smaller blocks dry and crack fast it seems like if they are left out in the open. Once they have been turned into boxes they don't seem to crack any. I have had some lids that are tight after about 3-4 days but some sandpaper wrapped around a finger and ran around the inside of the box rim seems to get then right back to the good fit.

A part of the day turning projects.

And this finished off the day's turning.

Another turning session.

Another session of turning. Finished off one set out of the soap and dry session, and roughed out a new set to finish turning in about a week.