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fd_cox · 03-05-2011, 10:50 AM

Great job and the cuts are so clean, when you are assembling them what glue are you using?

sawfinger · 03-05-2011, 06:19 PM

wow looking great.

Woody D · 03-06-2011, 01:26 AM

Simon,
what works for me is, SLOW CUTTING, as I'm sure that's the technique for others. Takes me about 40 minutes to cut. Reduced from 1 hour with my first bowl and hope to get it to 25-30 max.

Woody D · 03-06-2011, 01:28 AM

Using Elmer's carpenter glue. Applied with a TOOTHPICK.

Simon MARTIN · 03-07-2011, 03:26 PM

Thank for your advice, But slow cutting... is it slow speed of the motor or slow to saw (to push the wood...)?

Woody D · 03-07-2011, 04:10 PM

Slow to saw

will8989 · 03-07-2011, 08:07 PM

They really look great!! What finish did you use on yours? They look shiny. You will be able to get the cutting down to 20 minutes max per bowl, I promise. I've cut so many I can cut them with my eyes closed. Have you made any with only cutting the 3 outer rings to make a shorter type bowl? Gives it a different look. Also enlarge or shrink the pattern.

Old Codger · 03-08-2011, 01:58 AM

Great bowls Woody! I've been watching other posts and now after seeing yours I may have the courage to give bowl making a try!!! Nice work and you have every reason to be very proud of them... Keep scrolling and safe carving to you!
Kenn

Woody D · 03-08-2011, 03:29 AM

Betty,
as Steve Good, I use Lemon oil. I like the finish it gives it and you're still able to see the grain of the wood. I'm experiencing with Scrollmania and just today, cut two bowls ( 5 1/2" width, with 1/2" wood) with four rings. Will be trying different sizes and various rings are you suggested. This bowl cutting is addictive. Thanks for the nice words.

Woody D · 03-08-2011, 03:40 AM

Kenn,
been scrolling about five year, mostly portraits and name plates. Have collected numerous bowl patterns over the year but never did anything with them. Several weeks ago, I saw a posted picture of a collapsiblebasket (design by Carole Rothman) that a fellow scroller here made. It was laminated wood and made me go "WOW!" While awaitng for the magazine to arrive that contained the pattern, I figured I would start with other bowls. Been BOWLing ever since. Trust me, give it a try and you'll love it. Go slow to start, (took me an hour to cut the first one) which will enable you to better STAY on the LINE and you'll have a GREAT bowl.

03-07-2011, 03:26 PM	#15
Simon MARTIN Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Livron sur Drôme - France Posts: 350 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thank for your advice, But slow cutting... is it slow speed of the motor or slow to saw (to push the wood...)? __________________ Best regards Simon MARTIN From France Visit My Gallery:Simon's Album You can also look at my pyrography galery: Martin's Album Website: http://decors.bois.peinture.free.fr

03-07-2011, 08:07 PM	#17
will8989 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Glen Burnie, MD Posts: 2,265 Thanks: 1 Thanked 18 Times in 18 Posts	They really look great!! What finish did you use on yours? They look shiny. You will be able to get the cutting down to 20 minutes max per bowl, I promise. I've cut so many I can cut them with my eyes closed. Have you made any with only cutting the 3 outer rings to make a shorter type bowl? Gives it a different look. Also enlarge or shrink the pattern. __________________ Betty "Congress needs to realize it is a government of the people, by the people and for the people. Not of the people, by the people and for Congress." - Dr. Benjamin Carson, Pediatric Neurosurgeon, Johns Hopkins Hospital

03-08-2011, 01:58 AM	#18
Old Codger Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Bellingham, WA Posts: 28 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Great bowls Woody! I've been watching other posts and now after seeing yours I may have the courage to give bowl making a try!!! Nice work and you have every reason to be very proud of them... Keep scrolling and safe carving to you! Kenn __________________ "Life is like wrestling with a gorilla, you don't stop when you get tired you stop when the gorilla gets tired."

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03-05-2011, 10:50 AM	#11
fd_cox Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Harrison Arkansas Posts: 111 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 2 Posts	Great job and the cuts are so clean, when you are assembling them what glue are you using?

03-05-2011, 06:19 PM	#12
sawfinger Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 137 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	wow looking great.

03-06-2011, 01:26 AM	#13
Woody D Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 207 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Simon, what works for me is, SLOW CUTTING, as I'm sure that's the technique for others. Takes me about 40 minutes to cut. Reduced from 1 hour with my first bowl and hope to get it to 25-30 max.

03-06-2011, 01:28 AM	#14
Woody D Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 207 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Using Elmer's carpenter glue. Applied with a TOOTHPICK.

03-07-2011, 04:10 PM	#16
Woody D Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 207 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Slow to saw

03-08-2011, 03:29 AM	#19
Woody D Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 207 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Betty, as Steve Good, I use Lemon oil. I like the finish it gives it and you're still able to see the grain of the wood. I'm experiencing with Scrollmania and just today, cut two bowls ( 5 1/2" width, with 1/2" wood) with four rings. Will be trying different sizes and various rings are you suggested. This bowl cutting is addictive. Thanks for the nice words.

03-08-2011, 03:40 AM	#20
Woody D Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 207 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Kenn, been scrolling about five year, mostly portraits and name plates. Have collected numerous bowl patterns over the year but never did anything with them. Several weeks ago, I saw a posted picture of a collapsiblebasket (design by Carole Rothman) that a fellow scroller here made. It was laminated wood and made me go "WOW!" While awaitng for the magazine to arrive that contained the pattern, I figured I would start with other bowls. Been BOWLing ever since. Trust me, give it a try and you'll love it. Go slow to start, (took me an hour to cut the first one) which will enable you to better STAY on the LINE and you'll have a GREAT bowl.