The School of the Transfer of Energy

Bowls on the Mantle.

Posted in traditional woodcraft, wooden bowls, woodwork by jackbaumgartner on August 31, 2009

We have been making a lot of bowls lately, here are some of them.

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A row of bowls on the mantle.  Some are turned on a foot powered pole-type lathe and some on an electric lathe.

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One in green ash, and one in cottonwood.

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One in bald cypress and one in walnut.

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Bowl blanks just cut and ready to have the ends coated with paraffin.  Species here are, persimon, green ash, post oak, black walnut, and bald cypress.

Two More Bowls In Ash

Posted in traditional woodcraft, woodwork by jackbaumgartner on August 4, 2009

Two new bowls in green ash.  The one on the left was turned by my wife.

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Walnut Bed Update

Posted in technique and process, woodwork by jackbaumgartner on August 4, 2009

The chest taken apart and being fitted with a floor and a till.

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Detail of the till.

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The bed to this point, dry fit and testing out some planks for the sides of the legs.

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