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I turned this wet mulberry wood bowl two moths ago. Now I turn it to it's final shape and I hope that it won't deform too much over time.
As you can see in the photos, the deformation was pretty dramatic. I guess I could wait a couple of more months. But I still want to see how much more it will deform!
I begun by shaping the chuck’s mortise to fit my chuck.
I started turning with the bowl gouge. But the bowl suddenly flew of the lathe. So I decided to secure it better on the lathe, using my tailstock and a scrap wood piece.
I slowly turned the piece into shape using mainly the bowl gouge. I used a flat chisel to flatten the lip. I also used a round scraper to clean the inside of the bowl.
I sanded the bowl with a few grits of sandpaper. Then I applied my homemade beeswax and mineral oil finish and started sanding with my micro mesh pads.
Finally I buffed the bowl with my buffing wheel kit!
I hand sanded the bottom because I could not reach it with the bowl gouge.
I stopped the project here. This whole thing is an experiment, so I’ll wait and see, how much more the bowl will change over time.
But that was it! See you soon with a new woodworking project!
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