i reallly love the work holding solution, too. i'd like to hear more about your process. is the bowl shaped completely from a billet using this clamping jig, for instance? or is it used only after the edge/lips of the bowl have been defined?
Thankyou. It is oak. Came from a tree felled April 16. I was going to use the tree for riving to make joined furniture, but it was too twisted. The weather suddenly got hot, so I had to move fast, so used a chainsaw to rough it out, then switched to a flat edge carving adze, then a Karlsson bowl adze. Left it for 12 months to dry out, then put it on the bowl horse for surface treatment with a straight fishtail gouge and Karlsson bowl gouge. The bowl horse is more suited to smaller or rather long and narrow bowls, when using an entirely hand tool process, as I would normally do; large or round bowls need a wider support when swinging a bowl adze, like a bench etc.
Very nice blog. I just returned from a holliday in Devon, even visited Totnes. Lovely town. It would have been fun to have a quick look in your shop. Anyway I subscribed to the blog, because I am interested in this kind of stuff, working on a carved chest at the moment too.
that is beautiful! what kind of wood is it?
ReplyDeletei reallly love the work holding solution, too. i'd like to hear more about your process. is the bowl shaped completely from a billet using this clamping jig, for instance? or is it used only after the edge/lips of the bowl have been defined?
Thankyou. It is oak. Came from a tree felled April 16. I was going to use the tree for riving to make joined furniture, but it was too twisted. The weather suddenly got hot, so I had to move fast, so used a chainsaw to rough it out, then switched to a flat edge carving adze, then a Karlsson bowl adze. Left it for 12 months to dry out, then put it on the bowl horse for surface treatment with a straight fishtail gouge and Karlsson bowl gouge. The bowl horse is more suited to smaller or rather long and narrow bowls, when using an entirely hand tool process, as I would normally do; large or round bowls need a wider support when swinging a bowl adze, like a bench etc.
ReplyDeleteVery nice blog. I just returned from a holliday in Devon, even visited Totnes. Lovely town. It would have been fun to have a quick look in your shop. Anyway I subscribed to the blog, because I am interested in this kind of stuff, working on a carved chest at the moment too.
ReplyDeleteOh well, maybe next time, you will be welcome. Send me some pics of your chest (email on website), I would be very interested to see them.
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