Turning Terminalia Catappa

comments (2) August 4th, 2009 in Reader's Gallery

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Theese are some bowls turned out of a beautiful and yellowish coloured wood of a tree that we call "Amendoeira". This is a very common tree that grows beautifully on all the brazilian coast.  I fortunately found three logs of a tree that was recently cut, and had the opportunity to discover how good it is to be turned, mainly when it´s green. I´m affraid that the photos do not pay the real value that wood has. I´m a seven month amateur turner and woodworker.


Design or Plan used: My Own Design - Ricardo Bellicanta
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tvsony42 tvsony42 writes: Hi applewax,
Thanks for your kind comment.
In the 2nd photo, I carved the bowl by hand, using a V shaped chisel and applied a pyrography burning with a Dremel pyrographer (butane). To center the carvings to the radius of the bowl I used a homemade centerfinder. If you want more details, I´ll very glad to describe.
Posted: 6:46 pm on August 10th

applewax applewax writes: Nice work! I love the edge carving in the 2nd photo. What did you use? (i.e., carved by hand, or Dremel tool, etc.)

Thanks for sharing!
Posted: 1:27 pm on August 7th

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