Archive for December, 2010
Xmas Build
December 20th, 2010 | 
Author: For family gifts this year we made some bowls out of Oregon Walnut, red Padauk, and European Beech. It was a fun project and we hope the recipients enjoy them. They look great in the “group shot”:
The following pics show some of the steps along the way. As usual, you can click on one of the thumbnails below to see a full-size image.
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- Walnut blanks after being rough-cut to size and then template-routed to final shape
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- Boards for top two layers – European Beech (top middle of photo) and Padauk (bottom middle)
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- Sanding Walnut blanks to remove initial milling marks
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- Shaped and sanded Walnut blanks, ready for glue-up to Beech and Padauk layers
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- Walnut offcuts
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- Rough-cutting Padauk sections
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- Stack of Padauk rough-cut blanks waiting for glue-up
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- Newly glued-up 3-layer blanks, still in the clamps while the glue dries
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- Newly glued-up 3-layer blanks awaiting routing
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- Making top two glued-on layers even with the Walnut blank with a flush-trim router bit
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- 3-layer blanks after top two layers have been trimmed with a router flush-trim bit
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- Sanding exterior of 3-layer blanks to even out all three layers and remove machining marks
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- 3-layer blanks after router-trimming Padauk and Beech layers
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- Using the drill press first saves wear and tear on the router bit, and is faster
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- removing the bulk of interior material on the drill press
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- Bowl blank installed in fixture, ready for final shaping of interior with plunge router
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- Shop vac attachment on router gets most of the chips, but some still manage to escape
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- Bowl blank in fixture; first level of routing completed
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- Bowl/tray router bit used to for final shaping of interiors
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- First level of bowl routing on interior of blanks completed
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- Routing last level of interior, including bowl bottom, after adding extension to router bit
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- Extension added to router shaft so that last level of interior bowl routing can be done
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- Rounding over the edges on the router table
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- Machine sanding of interior side walls
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- The Sanding Duo, hard at work
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- Beth and Ruairí hand-sanding corners and edges
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- With edges rounded, machining of the bowls is complete
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- Final hand sanding of completed bowl; after this they are ready for finishing
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- Big pile of wood chips underneath drill press
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- Finish ingredients – 3 parts each of Varnish and Mineral Spirits plus 1 part Boiled Linseed Oil
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- Beth and Ruairí applying finish
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- Wet finish drying on bottom and outside sides
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- Finish drying on interiors
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