I don't turn many bowls. But my amish neighbor, Henry, (who just loves to haul exotic wood in his buggy and drop it off at my house), came by with a stack of Cyprus glue-ups.
This is that kind of cyprus that has been underwater for 200 years. Anyway, they were building some kind of exotic cabinetry, and these pieces were leftovers. There were 8 of them.
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He said, "I don't know if you can use this kind of thing but I thought maybe you might want it...If not, just burn it"
So....I didn't burn it. But with working on the computer 14 hours a day solid for the last 14 days....I needed some shop time this afternoon. So I turned a bowl.
It's not much of a bowl...But it's 3" high by 7.5" wide. Sanded to 600...buffed...a light coat of WOP...and buffed again.
The oily nature of this cyprus made it so it really didn't need a finish...but...whatever. It is what it is. And I had a nice break.
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