Rommy plan

Hi Everyone,

Well, heres something  I dont do everyday--make a bowl for a cat! Heres the story of Cedric the Cat:

I have a lovely neighbor who has purchased quite a large number of my bowls (in fact she owns or will own more of my work than anyone else) and she is the owner of a very special cat named Cedric. Apparently he was living inside of a local Target store and was discovered one day when he was found by store employees tearing into a bag of dog food. He was taken home by one of the employees, who after a time found that they couldnt keep the cat and so the cat was given to one of the daughters of my neighbor, who in turn gave her the cat.

As a way of saying thank you to my neighbor for all the bowls shes purchased, and because I suspect the cat takes as much care of her as she takes care of him, I decided to make Cedric a bowl. Here we go:

I laminated a small block of wood out of some scrap hickory and black walnut and cut it into a circle:



I then put it on the lathe and gave it a very fancy shape. I think Cedric will like this:


I gave it a good sanding and flipped it over and hollowed it out:


These next two photos show Cedrics bowl from the top and the side:




And here it is with a preliminary coat of salad bowl varnish:



This will need to have several more coats of varnish so it will be easy to keep clean. Ill post finish photos in a couple of days.

As were do to get snow tonight and early tomorrow along with rain and wind, Im going to close down for now and come back tomorrow and well work on the tea box some more.

Have a lovely rest of the day,

VW

Hi Everyone,

Well, I went down to the wood shop today to start the rosewood bowl and to make a book stand for myself and my family. The bowl came out ok and the book stand is a mess and Ive dropped a clamp on my foot.

...sigh, here we go...

Indian rosewood is a hardwood that grows in tropical climates and it also grows in the US in Florida. The turning blank for this bowl came from Florida and is a really rich shade of reddish brown.

I started turning the outside of the bowl and this part of the turning went well:





I wanted to make this particular bowl with more of a fan-shaped profile and Im quite there yet so Im going to leave the faceplate on and turn it more tomorrow.


The past several days Ive had the bright idea to make a book stand to hold books, e-readers at an angle so I wouldnt have to hold them with my hands, as they usually hurt quite a bit after a long day in the shop.  And I made a complete mess of the whole thing:


Oh well, Ill try it again tomorrow.

VW