Unique Woodworking Projects #4

The latest of my continuing series of small woodworking projects!

In this video you will see: Several uniquely shaped bowls out of Oak, a special bowl with embedded steel wire, two small bowls our of burls, and a candle holder out of beautiful Golden Chain wood.
No lathe of any kind is used, only my versatile angle grinder and saburr tooth carbide grinding disks and some sanders, enabling me to create any shape I want without restrictions.
90% of the stuff I make is finished with oils to bring out the natural beauty of the wood. The effects on the burled wood is fantastic.

Finishes used in these projects: Tung oil, Chestnut Lemon oil, gloss oil based polyurethane, Shellac, Boiled linseed oil (BLO) and Rustin Danish oil.

All projects are made at home, in a tiny shed (aka the doghouse..), Groningen, Netherlands.

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[shaboo2]

I have made a lot of projects, but all from pre-cured wood. Recently, while buying firewood, I came across a log, about 16" in diameter that had a sweet sapwood pattern. I put in garage, but I don't know how to dry them.(I want to make cutting boards, maybe clocks, out of them. I have 3 questions: 1) Any advice on helping me avoid the cracking while they dry?,2) how do I keep the bark on them when I finally slice the logs; and 3) Can I actually treat bark so that it stays on if I want?THANKS!

[Mueiwark]

@shaboo2 Hi, you can minimize (100% crack free is almost impossible) cracking by putting old paint or wood glue on exposed surfaces, and slowly! let it airdry away from sunlight, rain or heat. As for the bark, it depends on the woodtype if the bark will stay on. Birch will lose it's bark, but cherry will do fine. if the bark comes off, glue it back on with something strong, and finish the entire piece with a varnish or polyurethane to keep it in place. Good luck!

[Buzzsawman]

looks like you found a tree grown around a barbed wire fence. did the wire do a number on your lathe chisels.

[Mueiwark]

@Buzzsawman I knew there was a wire in there because of the bulbous shape, also I stopped carving as soon as I saw the blue-ish discoloration in the wood! I exposed the wire further with the use of sandpaper.

[shutupndive1]

hi mate ,,, how you going? what timber is the golden chain candle holder?thanks

Sal

[Mueiwark]

@shutupndive1 The wood IS Golden Chain :p Perhaps you know it by it's Latin name: Laburnum anagyroides.

[989blake]

nice...

[repersia]

Hi, I'm from Italy. Which type of sanding disk do you use?

[cekinxxx]

awesome stuff

[TheGhost1066]

Another great one.