Just finished a maple Thanksgiving themed bowl - 10" x 4" (26 cm x 10 cm)
Painted with chalk paint and then aged with colored wax. Inside is finished with Tung oil.
A maple Thanksgiving themed bowl
Just finished a maple Thanksgiving themed bowl - 10" x 4" (26 cm x 10 cm)
Painted with chalk paint and then aged with colored wax. Inside is finished with Tung oil.
9 Comments
Zerlyna@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
It’s beautiful! You do amazing work.
Spacebar@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Thank you!
Marafon@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y
Absolutely gorgeous work, you nailed it with this one.
Just out of curiosity, what laser do you have? I actually didn't even know they made lasers that could engrave bowls like this until I started seeing your work here, and you certainly put it to excellent use.
Spacebar@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
It's a laserpecker pro 1. It's about $280 and can engrave about a 4" square area.
I put together an indexer and a chuck along with a jig to hold everything. So the laser is simple, but I set it up to enable things like this.
Marafon@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
I am thoroughly impressed by your ingenuity! I'm assuming that its a fairly manual process with this setup, where you run several jobs all the way around the bowl while rotating the bowl in between jobs? Probably not as convenient as a set it and forget it machine but after a quick Google I see that the cost savings are SIGNIFICANT.
Excellent work my friend, thanks for sharing a picture of your setup.
Spacebar@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Yes, I burn one image and then rotate the bowl 10°. The indexer allows precise degree adjustments that are repeatable.
taiidan@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 2y
Really nice. Is it true that the main advantage of a the laser over a wood burner is getting that really fine detail? Did you do the line above and below with a wood burner or a laser as well?
Spacebar@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
The line is a groove from a chisel and then a wire pressed into the groove while the bowl spun fast - burning the groove.
You can get super fine detail with a wood burner. The advantage of a laser is time and repeatability.
LaSaucisseMasquee@jlai.lu · 2 pts · 2y
Perfect balance between precision crafting and some organic goofiness.
Amazing !