Maple bowl stuck in a plank

[Mike Marmon]

This was a fun piece. It is made from spalted Maple, the size is roughly 10 X 9 X 2. I managed to keep the bark on, the cut ends have the texture left by the chain saw. It is finished with Waterlox.

I was showing this bowl to some friends the other day, and their 9 year old daughter says "It doesn't look like it is done!"

Enjoy,
Mike

[John Keeton]

I think these type of bowls are neat, though I have never done one. You did a good job getting the placement correct on the upper/lower portions. The Waterlox made a nice finish for this piece.

[Cathy Schaewe]

Very nice - my one attempt at one of those didn't go nearly so well. That looks great, and the wood is beautiful.

[Tom Sherman]

Very nicely done Mike. I did one similar a while back my wife had the same reaction as your friends little girl. Good job.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Really well done Mike. I have did a few and you have to be careful of the buzz saw.

[Roger Chandler]

Way cool.........I'll have to do one of those just to be able to say that I have done it!

[David DeCristoforo]

I really like these. Yours is especially nice because the bowl would have a very nice shape and stand on it's own just fine if it were "cut out" of the plank. You can kind of see the continuation of the bowl shape right through the edge of the plank. Lots of them don't have that kind of definition. I'm thinking that this is a somewhat difficult form to "pull off" but you have done it nicely.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Very nicely done Mike! Well balanced within the board and some really pretty wood. I like it.

I've only done one of those and I found myself chanting "No fingers beyond the toolrest....no fingers beyond the tool rest."

Nice project!

[brian watts]

very nice. would like to do one of these some day

[alex carey]

Beautiful bowl, I know exactly what your talking about, all too often someone says to me, why is there is hole in your vase, or, that bowl can't even hold anything.

[William Hutchinson]

Interesting project with wood of great character, well done.

[Michelle Rich]

the intro to this made it sound horrible..after waitng 3 minutes for the pictures to download(yep dial-up) I was amazed at how wonderful the piece was..It's really quite stunning and was worth waiting to see

[Michael James]

Nice bowl, flows thru as has been mentioned, beautiful wood and finish. If waterlox looks that good on all wood, I need to get some! I made a little one of those a while back for the experience, and that's a little too exciting for me. Keep em coming!
mj

[Harvey M. Taylor]

gonna hafta get my Bill Grumbine video out to see how that is 'did'.
Max

[David E Keller]

Nicely done. I like the proportions on this piece. I like it.