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how to add some color to a bowl?
I just made a bowl from bloodwood and maple. I took a piece of maple and glued it to the block of bloodwood and then turned it, giving the bowl a maple lip.
While this worked fine and Maple is (relatively) cheap, to do it with more expensive woods seems like a waste. For example I have a lot of black cherry from a tree I felled and thought it would be nice to make a bowl with a black or dark brown lip, like walnut or ebony. But I can't see taking a piece of ebony and basically wasting 90% of it. So, my thought was how could I cut a groove around the outside and fill it with a nice contrasting color to jazz it up a bit? Does anybody have a technique for this? Jim |
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32423588.220.1319636828778.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbza28, jtpryan wrote: I just made a bowl from bloodwood and maple. I took a piece of maple and glued it to the block of bloodwood and then turned it, giving the bowl a maple lip. While this worked fine and Maple is (relatively) cheap, to do it with more expensive woods seems like a waste. For example I have a lot of black cherry from a tree I felled and thought it would be nice to make a bowl with a black or dark brown lip, like walnut or ebony. But I can't see taking a piece of ebony and basically wasting 90% of it. So, my thought was how could I cut a groove around the outside and fill it with a nice contrasting color to jazz it up a bit? Does anybody have a technique for this? Jim Are you asking about filling the groove with a compound. Oh yes. Craft Supplies, WoodCraft, Rockler, Packard Supply all have stuff you can mix and put into the groove. Look at https://picasaweb.google.com/1112170...ing#5667198160 746265730 You will not the colored bands top and bottom. There are wood epoxy mixed with a powdered color I bought from Craft Supplies. Also, for things like a alternate colored ring, look into segmented turning (that's what this photo is). You could make up a ring of Ebony and glue it to the main bowl blank. -- -------------------------------------------------------- Personal e-mail is the n7bsn but at amsat.org This posting address is a spam-trap and seldom read RV and Camping FAQ can be found at http://www.ralphandellen.us/rv |
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how to add some color to a bowl?
Thanks. Nice work by the way.
So, with the segmented thing. Let me see if I understand the process I could use. Cut the blank in a circle on the band saw Mount it to a face plate and turn the outside and a tenon or recess in the bottom Make the "segments" out of the expensive stuff Glue them to each other and the top of the blank Mount the blank to the chuck and then hollow it out and finish the edge. Does that sound right? _Jim |
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how to add some color to a bowl?
Forgot to ask. The picture you posted, the epoxy and powdered color was put into a groove you cut?
-Jim |
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On 10/26/2011 07:08 AM, jtpryan wrote:
Thanks. Nice work by the way. So, with the segmented thing. Let me see if I understand the process I could use. Cut the blank in a circle on the band saw Mount it to a face plate and turn the outside and a tenon or recess in the bottom Make the "segments" out of the expensive stuff Glue them to each other and the top of the blank Mount the blank to the chuck and then hollow it out and finish the edge. Does that sound right? See http://www.turnedwood.com/ - Kevin Neeley has some great examples of segmented turning, as well as great pictorial tutorials on making them (see http://www.turnedwood.com/FrameMiterBowl.html for instance). Basic segmented vessels are pretty straight forward once you see the process... ....Kevin -- Kevin Miller Juneau, Alaska http://www.alaska.net/~atftb "In the history of the world, no one has ever washed a rented car." - Lawrence Summers |
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how to add some color to a bowl?
jtpryan wrote:
I just made a bowl from bloodwood and maple. I took a piece of maple and glued it to the block of bloodwood and then turned it, giving the bowl a maple lip. While this worked fine and Maple is (relatively) cheap, to do it with more expensive woods seems like a waste. For example I have a lot of black cherry from a tree I felled and thought it would be nice to make a bowl with a black or dark brown lip, like walnut or ebony. But I can't see taking a piece of ebony and basically wasting 90% of it. So, my thought was how could I cut a groove around the outside and fill it with a nice contrasting color to jazz it up a bit? Does anybody have a technique for this? Jim I have some stuff (inlace?) that comes in a kit with colored granules, and two liquids that you mix all together and smear into the groove. Not much luck with it. One bowl was brought back with a large chunk of the inlay which had fallen out. My usual filler for voids and knot holes is 5 min. epoxy with a drop of liquid black dye and mixed with turquoise chips and pieces of brass. It sands out looking good and I have never had any to fall out. If you do either of these in a groove it would be a good idea to make the groove wider at the bottom to discourage a piece popping out. -- Gerald Ross Ask me about my vow of silence. |
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If you use inlace it is recommended that you undercut the edge of the
groove, i.e make it like a dovetail to hold the lincae in the groove. Also look up Stephen Hatcher for a mineral inlay technique. "Gerald Ross" wrote in message ... jtpryan wrote: I just made a bowl from bloodwood and maple. I took a piece of maple and glued it to the block of bloodwood and then turned it, giving the bowl a maple lip. While this worked fine and Maple is (relatively) cheap, to do it with more expensive woods seems like a waste. For example I have a lot of black cherry from a tree I felled and thought it would be nice to make a bowl with a black or dark brown lip, like walnut or ebony. But I can't see taking a piece of ebony and basically wasting 90% of it. So, my thought was how could I cut a groove around the outside and fill it with a nice contrasting color to jazz it up a bit? Does anybody have a technique for this? Jim I have some stuff (inlace?) that comes in a kit with colored granules, and two liquids that you mix all together and smear into the groove. Not much luck with it. One bowl was brought back with a large chunk of the inlay which had fallen out. My usual filler for voids and knot holes is 5 min. epoxy with a drop of liquid black dye and mixed with turquoise chips and pieces of brass. It sands out looking good and I have never had any to fall out. If you do either of these in a groove it would be a good idea to make the groove wider at the bottom to discourage a piece popping out. -- Gerald Ross Ask me about my vow of silence. |
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"jtpryan" wrote in message news:32423588.220.1319636828778.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbza28... I just made a bowl from bloodwood and maple. I took a piece of maple and glued it to the block of bloodwood and then turned it, giving the bowl a maple lip. While this worked fine and Maple is (relatively) cheap, to do it with more expensive woods seems like a waste. For example I have a lot of black cherry from a tree I felled and thought it would be nice to make a bowl with a black or dark brown lip, like walnut or ebony. But I can't see taking a piece of ebony and basically wasting 90% of it. So, my thought was how could I cut a groove around the outside and fill it with a nice contrasting color to jazz it up a bit? Does anybody have a technique for this? Jim ============================== I'm new to turning, altho I've been doing woodworking for over 40 years, and have never tried this but think it should work. Carve put a groove on the outside of your bowl and add some inlay banding. Normally the groove is routed out on flat surfaces. The banding is quite thin, ~1/20", and should bend easily around a bowl as long as the diameter isn't real small. Inlay stringing could be added anywhere on the bowl as it will bend in all directions. This site sells both type of inlays. http://www.inlaybanding.com/stringing.html Art |
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13327606.2310.1319641846244.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@yqoo7, jtpryan wrote: Forgot to ask. The picture you posted, the epoxy and powdered color was put into a groove you cut? Basically yes -- -------------------------------------------------------- Personal e-mail is the n7bsn but at amsat.org This posting address is a spam-trap and seldom read RV and Camping FAQ can be found at http://www.ralphandellen.us/rv |
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Kevin Miller wrote: See http://www.turnedwood.com/ - Kevin Neeley has some great examples of segmented turning, as well as great pictorial tutorials on making them (see http://www.turnedwood.com/FrameMiterBowl.html for instance). Basic segmented vessels are pretty straight forward once you see the process... ...Kevin Time consuming but lots of fun, and doesn't waste nearly as much really costly wood -- -------------------------------------------------------- Personal e-mail is the n7bsn but at amsat.org This posting address is a spam-trap and seldom read RV and Camping FAQ can be found at http://www.ralphandellen.us/rv |
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how to add some color to a bowl?
So I went to WoodCraft last night to pick up some epoxy and dye. The fellow there wasn't sure which, if any,of the dyes they had was "compatible" with epoxy. How do I tell? Does anybody and a brand name of each that work together and where they got them?
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how to add some color to a bowl?
What you want to do with Epoxy and Dye is like Marylin Campbell (google
her). She suggests West Systems epoxy and tube oil paints from an artist supply store. "jtpryan" wrote in message news:23466948.665.1319745967834.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbbce4... So I went to WoodCraft last night to pick up some epoxy and dye. The fellow there wasn't sure which, if any,of the dyes they had was "compatible" with epoxy. How do I tell? Does anybody and a brand name of each that work together and where they got them? -Jim |
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how to add some color to a bowl?
jtpryan wrote:
So I went to WoodCraft last night to pick up some epoxy and dye. The fellow there wasn't sure which, if any,of the dyes they had was "compatible" with epoxy. How do I tell? Does anybody and a brand name of each that work together and where they got them? -Jim I use TransTint liquid available from many woodworking supply houses. Probably not in a local store. http://www.woodcraft.com/Search2/Sea...ery=dye&page=2 -- Gerald Ross Ask me about my vow of silence. |
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