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Epoxy wood bowls/Segmented and specialty bowls

Project 98

Item 98 is for sale

This is a bowl made from dogwood and an emerald green epoxy.

The dogwood tree was in need of removal, so this crotch was saved and split on the bandsaw.

And placed with the outsides against each other in the bucket for casting.

Bob held the pieces down in the epoxy as the air bubbles were drawn out.

Bob lost an eye during the pressure pot experience.

The casting once removed from the bucket prior to turning.

The blank mounted on the lathe and some rough turning done.

Project 98 after epoxy finish coat, more sanding, sealing and many coats of finish.

Project 104

A piece of very soft punky elm “crotch” was split into project 104 and 105.

The half was attached to an 11″ circle to better rotate on the circle jig of the bandsaw.

The tops of the blanks (104 and 105) were sliced off to better accommodate the epoxy process.

The blank was placed in a custom container with stabilizing fluid in a vacuum chamber. Bob, the steel weight, was added to keep the blank from floating.

The cured blank was put back in the container with Bob and the epoxy was added and placed into the vacuum chamber to remove bubbles. Then all was placed into the pressure pot for a couple days.

The pressure pot was opened and Bob’s eyes had fallen off, again.

Removing the casting from the bucket proved to be a major ordeal as the custom container had to be split the Bob’s bucket had to be cut off.

The blank mounted on the lathe for turning. Bob’s bucket bottom had to be turned out as it was stuck.

Clean up. All that and more came from the blank.

Chips of epoxy and wood were everywhere. Cleanup took a while.

Here I took a length of split wood, cut it into 3rds and then split those into small sections. Next I stabilized the wood over several days as it was weak and punky. A bright green epoxy was mixed and added to the sections. The project is now in the pressure pot for a couple days.

The epoxy is added and the wood, as expected, floats. A circle of wood with Bob, the weight, are added to sink the wood into the epoxy for the vacuum chamber and pressure pot.

Project 103

Item 103 is for sale

A soft punky piece of elm is stabilized, cast with a cyan blue epoxy and then turned into a bowl.

The wood chunk is about to come out of the stabilization fluid after spending some hours under vacuum.

The casting is mounted and ready for turning.

An epoxy coat is added and to be sanded and finished.

Project 101

Project 101 is for sale.

This bowl project starts with a crotch piece from a dogwood tree that needed to be taken down. It is cast with a light green epoxy.

Bob, the steel chunk, held the wood down in the epoxy during the setting. After 2 days in the pressure pot the epoxy is firm and the casting is ready to come out.

A tenon is glued on to the casting. The tenon has a faceplate ring attached so the it can be securely held on the lathe. Bob helped the glue make a firm contact. BTW, Bob lost his an eye on a previous job and the other with this one in the pressure pot. He is patiently waiting for “the boss” to replace them.

The casting is mounted on the lathe and turning has begun.

Most of the tooling is done and most of the sanding is complete.

Sanding is done to 180 grit and a clear epoxy coat is added to fill any small holes.

The bowl is sanded to 600 grit from about 60 grit and a sealer is applied, then layers of finish.

The bowl is nearly done. It is still has the chuck attached, but the tenon will be removed next and the bowl will stand on its own.

Project 97

This is a fun project made up of about a dozen sticks cast in a bright red epoxy.

I could not locate a tall slender bucket for this project, so after drying the sticks in an oven for several days, I bundled them together and wrapped them with string and then plastic sheeting. I hot glued the plastic overlap and hot glued the bundle to a wooden base.

The casting with most of the plastic and duct tape covering removed.

Project 96

This is a custom project to make a vertical cup for holding remotes.

These pieces of punky wood were first stabilized to increase strength and durability. Here they are arranged in a small plastic bucket in preparation for casting with epoxy.

Flash Bronze and Dark Scarlet mica powder were added to the epoxy for a rich deep brown sparkly tone.

Once cast with the tinted epoxy, having the bubbles reduced in the vacuum chamber and then several days in the pressure pot, the casting is shown here right out of the pot before being released from the bucket. The metal washers on top were to weigh down the wood as it was buoyant.

The casting once after removal from the bucket. The lathe has other projects in line, so this one will have to wait for a week or two before it it turned.

Project 93 Goblets

A couple of goblets are planned. Hopefully, I can get both from this one block so the grain matches better. I don’t do much spindle (between points with grain going in one direction) turning, but it is nice to take a break from bowls.

Rough turned each as I look to match the set.

Once I turned the blank down, I found a grub hole going from one goblet base through to the other base. I have filled with black CA glue. We will see how this turns (yes, a pun) out.

Much black CA glue was added to fill this hole. Still have more to add to where the hole comes through the bottom as well as the spots here on top.

My stead-i-rest holds the goblet while I bore the inside.

I fear the goblet stem will break under the force while the final turning and sanding it done, so I used a cup shaped live center against the inside bottom for added stability.

Final turning and sanding done. Upper section coated with sanding sealer.

Project 90

This is a large bowl made from elm. It still needs another coat of finish on the interior and upper exterior. The tenon (which holds the bowl to the lathe) still needs to be removed and the bottom finished.

The bottom tenon was removed, and the bottom was sanded, sealer applied, buffed with tripoli compound and first round of finish applied.

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Medium Wood Bowls