Article 2 discussed the wood turning undertaking, securing your fruit bowl to the lathe, safety, proper tool use and wherein to find records for tool use and special techniques. The facet walls of the bowl and bottom are at the thickness which you want and you’ve got made a few allowance within the thickness for sanding the bowl. With all that paintings completed shall we finish the bowl.
Sanding, begin with 60 grit sand paper and end at 250 grit; these are approximate; special sorts of wooden, kind of finish you going to apply and your experience all effect the completing manner. Sand till all device marks are long gone. The 60 to 250 grit is what I commonly use; some times I will go to 320 for very last sanding. All this depends at the type of timber and the end you are going to use.
You can hand sand the bowl. The downfall to sanding by way of hand; is the sanding is gradual and tedious and it’s far very difficult to sand out the concentric jewelry to be able to seem in the backside of the bowl. The fundamental motive for that is sanding velocity. I use electricity gear to do the sanding, a 45º variable pace angle drill with an RPM of at least 2500. You also can use a pneumatic sander; the excessive pace will give a very smooth end. The 3″ sanding disks seem to be generally the exceptional size. Go sluggish till you get the texture of the sanding the heavy grit has a tendency to be grabby when it’s far new; a few bruised knuckles, you may understand.
To finish the lowest of the bowl; knock off the waste block, use a wooden chisel and thoroughly power it between the bowl and waste block in several places, careful no longer to gouge the tiered fruit bowl bowl. Bottom may be sanded flat with a belt sander or there are a number of big chucks that may maintain the bowl so that you can finish the bottom. This is referred to as reverse turning due to the fact you’re turning the bowl over and finishing the lowest.
It is time to position a completing compound to your bowl. You can finish it evidently or stain the wood that is entirely as much as you. Just be sure and examine the directions on every product make sure they’re well matched. One of only and easiest finishes to use is a hand rubbed oil, the best draw back is that this kind of finish will showcase any blemishes or scratches left from sanding. You can mix your personal end; there are numerous recipes on-line or inside the timber magazines. They all include a solvent of a few type, paint thinner to alcohol the cause I point out this is because the special solvents evaporate at unique speeds, in cool weather you need to apply a quicker solvent and warm climate a slower solvent. One of my favourite finishes is made with the aid of Dailys called Profin, gloss. The gloss may be buffed to a satin or semi gloss and won’t darken the wood.
You now have a Fruit Bowl on your table that you can be happy with. Don’t hesitate to test with unique species of wood, woodturning is fun.