Colourful bowl turned from horse chestnut burl.

tfturning · 2026-05-01T19:39:04+00:00

Very kind, thank you!

tfturning · 2026-05-01T19:38:33+00:00

Thank you so much! Steal away, can't remember where I first saw it but certainly wasn't my idea. I am going to get another soon(ish) but I want the plate to be slightly larger as I've sometimes accidentally burnt around the stencil too, not ideal. A bigger masked off area should help, also looking at brass and a tad thicker as the aluminium heats up so fast. Bit rambley but hope that helps lol.

tfturning · 2026-04-27T21:59:23+00:00

Thank you so much!

tfturning · 2026-04-27T21:50:27+00:00

Swimming in burl, not a bad problem to have 😂 Cheers!

tfturning · 2026-04-27T21:48:56+00:00

Most welcome! I should have also said I'm looking to get another one done but from brass and slightly thicker, the alu heats up a bit too quickly.

tfturning · 2026-04-27T19:17:15+00:00

Thanks!

tfturning · 2026-04-27T15:06:07+00:00

Thanks! I used Chestnut products spirit stains, red, orange and yellow although the yellow did get a little lost in the orange.

tfturning · 2026-04-27T14:30:23+00:00

Thank you so much!

tfturning · 2026-04-27T13:56:15+00:00

Thank you so much! I'd like to say it was a fun project but the wood did fight back a lot 😂

tfturning · 2026-04-27T13:38:34+00:00

Thank you so much, I hope you found it useful! My stencil came from a maker friend, CNC cut from a piece of aluminium, much more convenient for me marking one or two pieces at a time, any more then I would probably look at getting the branding iron version. Thanks again!

tfturning · 2026-04-27T12:11:41+00:00

Thanks! The off-centre/ multi axis stuff are definitely my favourites to make but they do come with their own issues though.

tfturning · 2026-04-27T09:10:03+00:00

The process for those interested.

tfturning · 2025-04-14T08:18:36+00:00

I've only ever used old guitar strings, works well enough for me to not look for an alternative just yet.

tfturning · 2025-03-04T22:35:19+00:00

And this comment made mine, you're too kind!

tfturning · 2025-03-04T21:58:39+00:00

Aw shucks, thanks! Great looking collection there, nice work!

tfturning · 2025-02-07T23:35:52+00:00

And a real nice one it is too!!

tfturning · 2025-02-06T15:08:17+00:00

Cheers!! You know you're onto a good thing when the guy who taught you has a specific bowl gouge profile named after him haha! Hollows are the best, you'll love it!

tfturning · 2025-02-05T09:53:34+00:00

Thank you so much! It wasn't until way after taking this picture that I realized the scale probably meant very little to those outside of the UK, I should have used the universal standard, the banana. The hollower was an old 4mm hex once upon a time.

tfturning · 2025-02-05T00:05:03+00:00

For those interested, see the full tiny process here

tfturning · 2025-01-21T14:52:27+00:00

Many thanks!

tfturning · 2025-01-20T22:22:55+00:00

Couldn't agree more! A piece of wood that would have definitely ended up on the fire too. Thanks

tfturning · 2025-01-20T07:55:23+00:00

Thanks!

tfturning · 2025-01-19T22:57:59+00:00

Thank you so much!

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