I like this silver maple bowl that I simply completed, and I appreciated making it much more. A part of the reason being that it gave me a chance to make use of a curved (cooper’s hollowing) drawknife that I had picked it up on eBay a pair years in the past. I’ll share some photographs and ideas on that have, together with some extra pictures of the completed bowl, which is on the market for buy (extra on that on the finish of the publish).
Everytime you’re working with a superb drawknife, it looks as if the birds sing extra sweetly. That held true as soon as once more after I honed it up and used this cooper’s hollowing drawknife to shave a collection of concave sides on the edges and ends of the bowl. Above, I’m shaving the uppermost aspect. I began subsequent to the foot, concentrating on leaving a superb line on the left fringe of the aspect. Then identical with the adjoining one after that, and so forth.
Right here’s a photograph of the drawknife. The sting is about 6″ lengthy. The outer edges of the handles are about 15″ aside. I can’t see any stamp on it, however I’m almost sure it was made by D. R. Barton. They made nice instruments in Rochester, NY starting in 1832. I’ve a pair different drawknives by them and this one shares the traits.
Right here’s an edge-on shot. A comparatively light curve in comparison with some others. Most likely made for hollowing the staves of bigger barrels, with much less curvature than these of smaller containers.
And there’s the again facet.
After engaged on the edges, I adjusted the bowl horse to carry the bowl sideways as I labored throughout the tip grain, skewing the knife to get a cleaner reduce. The final row, proper below the handles, was a bit of tighter, so I used a gouge there.
I rotated the bowl up nearly vertical and shaved the ends of the handles with a daily drawknife.
Once more, skewing the blade eases the tip grain cuts.
Then, extra enjoyable easing the sharp edges by shaving chamfers with the drawknife.
For the sting of the hole, I switched to a sloyd knife. I’m guiding it with each palms right here.
Above is the surface of the completed bowl. The scale are 16 3/4″ x 9″ x 2″. This silver maple had some ambrosia streaks in it, a response of the tree to fungus carried by boring beetles. The darkish spots on the underside there are beetle holes. The lighter wooden is sapwood (close to the bark) and the darker wooden is heartwood. This clean is a radially-split clean, so, like quarter sawn. That meant the broad foot stayed flat even because it dried.
And there’s the view from the highest. A broad shallow bowl helpful for all types of issues.
From this low angle, the hole sides from the drawknife may be seen. And an apple for scale.
The road of gouge chips on the tip emphasizes the curve of the deal with, however is adequately subtle to not compete with the sturdy character of the colour and determine within the wooden. These of you from the category at Pete’s may acknowledge this sample from our pattern boards.
This bowl is on the market for buy. Should you’re please e-mail me at dandkfish@gmail.com. The worth of $600 consists of transport. SOLD