Smaller and Smaller and Smaller

[W.Y.]

A couple members on the Ringmaster Lathe Turning board on my own site were getting concerened that I had missed a day without showing my latest RM bowls . lol .. SO . . . . . .


I was re-sawing some odds and ends of scraps of wood that didn't make it to the burn pile so yesterday I whipped up a few smaller RM bowls for a change after making so many large ones.

The largest is 8" diameter Cherry and Horse Chestnut .
The two 5.75" ones are a mix and match of Horse Chestnut and Cherry and Walnut.
The two 5" ones are a mix and match Catalpa and Yew and Aspen.

 

[W.Y.]

But wait . . . they get even smaller :biggrin:

One of my members inquired about how small it would be possible to make bowls on the RM for special purposes so I went out to my shop and checked it out .


The one at the back is Catalpa wood . It is 3.75" diameter.
Other three at the front are Apricot and Walnut. Those are about as small as they can be made on the RM.

Loonie and Toonie are for size reference.

 

[joefrog]

Good grief, man!

 

[alphageek]

Ohhh... I like that! Are the smallest ones just 2 cuts? It looks like 4 layers but I'm wondering if you made the board as a 2 layer glue up first?

Oh - that and I LOL at wondering how many people in the US have even seen a loonie or toonie in person. I remember my time in canada and I always felt like I had no cash till I emptied my pockets and realized how much I had in coins. We have a $1 coin here, but its not all that common since we also have a paper $1 bill.

 

[W.Y.]

Ohhh... I like that! Are the smallest ones just 2 cuts? It looks like 4 layers but I'm wondering if you made the board as a 2 layer glue up first?

Oh - that and I LOL at wondering how many people in the US have even seen a loonie or toonie in person. I remember my time in canada and I always felt like I had no cash till I emptied my pockets and realized how much I had in coins. We have a $1 coin here, but its not all that common since we also have a paper $1 bill.

With those smallest ones there is actually only one cut on the RM .I laminated a piece of walnut onto the apricot wood first.
I am in the process of making two 8" bowls by gluing together two 3/8" thick laminated panels. More time consuming but they give the impression of twice as many rings and more interesting looking designs.

Ordered a riser block for my band saw so will be able to re-saw up to 12" rather than six like it is now.

Yes , I figured people from a few countries would chuckle about the loonie and toonie. :biggrin:
I live 6 miles north of the USA border so I am familiar with both currencies. I actually shop more south of the border than here because of much better prices.

 

[alphageek]

With those smallest ones there is actually only one cut on the RM .I laminated a piece of walnut onto the apricot wood first.

Only 1 cut? I'm confused - don't you cut the "outside" of the one ring on the RM so that the angle matches? That plus separating the one ring from the base would be 2 cuts on the RM. That or I'm missing a prep step that you are doing??

 

[W.Y.]

With those smallest ones there is actually only one cut on the RM .I laminated a piece of walnut onto the apricot wood first.

Only 1 cut? I'm confused - don't you cut the "outside" of the one ring on the RM so that the angle matches? That plus separating the one ring from the base would be 2 cuts on the RM. That or I'm missing a prep step that you are doing??

.
One cut on the laminated wood for the smallest ones . You can see the two rings and a base for the catalpa one which is two cuts.
For the smallesr three there is only a base and a upright 'wall' both cut on an angle.
The wood was 0.738" thick and the angle set on my PAG (Precision Angle Guide) was 1.254 to give an almost perfect alignment of the two angled pieces.

OH . . . OK , My bad :redface: I re-read your inquiry . Yes you are correct . . There is an outside cut for the top ring which cuts off the waste piece from the square board and then only one cut for the inside to part it off the base.
Sorry for the confusion. I don't usually count the outside waste piece because most of my bowls have between three and five rings plus a base and they are counted as one cut each.

 

[Fishinbo]

The clash of hues is pretty to the eyes.

 

[ironman123]

William those are really nice. I like the apricot ones. Where do you get the apricot? I just started making a bowl from cedar.

Is apricot an easy wood to turn?

All of the bowls you have posted that I have seen are top notch in my book.

Ray

 

[W.Y.]

William those are really nice. I like the apricot ones. Where do you get the apricot? I just started making a bowl from cedar.

Is apricot an easy wood to turn?

All of the bowls you have posted that I have seen are top notch in my book.

Ray

Thanks to all for the comments .

Ray, the apricot was from a neighbors fruit tree about a year ago. Like any fruit orchard wood it has a lot of wild grain and stress's and is hard to cure from green to dry without warping or cracking in spite of using end sealer and using all other precautions but I do have some bigger pieces re-sawed from the same tree that need a few more months to get down to a low enough moisture content. It will make some beautiful bowls

It machines and turns just about as easy as most other hardwoods.