it's not often I post something in this section of the forum, but today I did a bit of spiny work on a lump of English Walnut. This particular bit I picked up from Yandles years ago and like much stuff there, it was dirty, covered in wax and most of the other punters passed it bye.
I didn't though and bought it for about £9. It's been sitting under the lathe and today, as I was at a loose end, I had a day on 'The Dark Side'
Starting to get somewhere close to the shape and after some sanding and an application of finish...
I then reversed it and used some Ax 'Jaw Plates' to sort out the lower half of the underside:
The finished bowl:
Finished to 400g using the Kirjes system from CHT, with a single application of sanding sealer, then Yorkshire Grit followed by a coat of Hampshire Sheen wax. I'm reasonably happy with this job as it was a very, very good Walnut blank which could easily have been missed - Rob