Small Mahogany Bowl

[Sean Wright]

About 2 years ago, I was given a small pile of 6/4 + thick Mahogany and Poplar cut-offs, perfect for small bowls. After staring at the stack of blanks for a long time, I decided to dive back into turning, and started trying my hand a bowls. I had done a few in the past but most of my turning was spindle turning.

This is my 7[SUP]th[/SUP] small bowl turned from those bowl blanks. Mostly done with an Easy Wood – Easy Finisher carbide scraper.

This Mahogany bowl is about 5 ½ in across and about an 1 ½ in deep. It was finished using the Beall Buffing System on my Jet Mini Lathe.
The first 2 pictures are before the bowl was buffed.

 

[Darren Wright]

Long time no see Sean, welcome back! Great looking bowl!

 

[David Johnson]

Nice looking bowls. With all the " spinney people" here I may bite the bullet.
David

 

[Dave Hoskins]

I like that bowl, Sean! Good hearing from you. I like that mahogany. Has great color and grain patterns. The shape you created is mighty fine!

 

[Ryan Mooney]

Looks pretty nice! Excellent finish.

I might have taken the outside of the bottom in a smidge more, but that's well into personal preference. IMHO it makes the wood a smidge more stable.

 

[Ted Calver]

Nice bowl, Sean. When I was a kid, my dad was given a pick up load of cut offs and shorts from a pattern makers shop. Much of it was mahogany and there were a lot of 2" thick 8" x 8" squares. He turned sets of bowls looking just like yours for each family member. Must have done 20-30 of them.

 

[Roger Tulk]

Nice looking bowl, Sean!

 

[Sean Wright]

Thank you All.