Hi Everyone,
The weather here today is absolutely gorgeous--we had some storms last night but at the moment, its a wonderful spring day in Minnesota.
Perfect weather for turning wood...
I went down to the wood shop to turn the last camphor wood turning blank and this will complete a series of three turned items out of this wood. This last blank really, really smells strongly of camphor, much more so than the first two items. I usually have insects flying into the shop but not today! I dont think theres a mosquito within a 100 miles.
This last blank is going to be turned into a tea tray. Here are several photos of the bottom, sides and top:
This wood has beautiful coloring and Im betting it will have a natural chatoyance (shimmer) when its finished.
Im only going to work on these three items as Im unsure how strong the camphor smell will be when the trays and bowl are finished. Some people might find the scent a plus but I can see some people not being too keen about it. So well see. This last tray goes into the dry bag shortly with everything else and well take a look at it in 4-6 weeks.
The wedding present bowl: I hand sanded this bowl all yesterday afternoon by hand and I ended up with 600 grit paper. It has a satin smooth surface and so it was time to apply the first layer of salad bowl finish to it and thats what I did first today. Here are two photos:
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