Burled-Laurel Spiral Bowl

[caribis2]

I haven’t seen any recent posts for a spiral bowl, so here is another one. Sorry, no bananas.

It’s going into this box, so I don’t have to wrap. Because cutting out and engraving your own box is soooo much faster.

I made the core piece of plywood for the bowl from a sheet of draftboard and two sheets of burled-laurel veneer.

I believe I used the file from this post and upsized it to a 9-inch diameter, but I don’t remember.

Yet Another Wooden Spiral Bowl

[IMG_20180819_115947884] [IMG_20180819_115414246] [IMG_20180819_115910315] [IMG_20180819_115927213] Inspired by the following posts: I created a quadruple spiral version of a laser-cut wooden spiral bowl. The Thingiverse SVG file I started with needed mods to the legs to more evenly space the spiral cuts in the frame. I may fiddle with the frame some more. I cut two sizes of the bowl, a 9-inch one in PG draftboard (~20 minutes) and a 5-inch one (pictured above) in PG basswood (~10 minut…

At any rate, details on the diy proofgrade and template maker for the box are in Beyond the Manual.

Pr00fgrade Burled-Laurel Spiral-Bowl

I know it has been asked before are there proofgrade alternatives to proofgrade? Sure, if you’re not quite right in the head. I started with one piece of medium draftboard and two sheets of burled laurel veneer. First I removed the masking from one side of the draftboard, lightly sand it to eliminate the fuzzy bits and then I squeezed out some standard yellow wood glue. [Glue] I should have used a glue roller, and if this becomes a habit I will buy one, but I just used the ol fingers to smoot…

[kelley1]

@caribis2

Because cutting out and engraving your own box is soooo much faster.

You have a way with words, I love it. Hope your friends love the bowl. It’s beautiful.

[ptodd]

The veneer choice is beautiful!

[cynd11]

Such a gorgeous bowl with that veneer. Did you add a finish?

[heatonhaus]

How Beautiful! Love this idea

[djfb]

@caribis2

Sorry, no bananas.

What a missed opportunity! It’s a fruit bowl, right?

[caribis2]

3 coats of Minwax wipe-on poly. Details in Beyond the Manual.