Unique Woodworking Projects #5

The next batch small woodworking projects in the series.
In this video:
- A robust bowl out of old Oak, beautiful chocolate color when oiled.
- A candle holder out of a Teak Table leg.
- Two small incense burners out of Birch burl
- A bowl shaped like an acorn, partially fumigated using ammonia.

All objects are finished with a combination of oil, enhancing the natural beauty and depth of the wood. Finishes used in these projects: Tung oil, Chestnut Lemon oil, gloss oil based polyurethane, Shellac, Boiled linseed oil (BLO) and Rustin Danish oil.

These bowls where made without any kind of lathe, but purely with Saburr-Tooth disks + my angle grinder and a detail sander. Each bowl costs about 8+ hours to make.

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

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[nitrousair]

The straight grinder looks and has the same basic function as a dremel but more powerful?

[Mueiwark]

@nitrousair Correct, much more powerful (don't let them grab your clothes).

[nitrousair]

hi do you think the saburr tooth 1/8 inch, roto saw or carving wheel that has a diameter of 3/4 would be good for carving kuksa cups of 4-7 inch diameter and 3-5 inches deep? I have a dremel 4000 rotary tool and want to try out some hollowing of cups. And how long do you think it would take to hollow the cup out?

[Mueiwark]

@nitrousair I would advice against using your Dremel. You need to remove quite a bit of wood and Dremels are really not designed for such use. It will take way to long, and wear out your Dremel. I would use a light angle grinder with Saburr-tooth 4" Donut Wheels. Or even better, a Straight Grinder in which you can put Dremel bits, or Saburr tooth 3/4" Buzzout Wheels. That will work the best and quickest for making Kuksa's. I think you could rough-out 1 Kuksa in 2 hours (faster with experience).

[TheJimmykern]

I posted to your cherry stool video. If I am using green wood to craft the stool... how do I get to final sanding. Do you wait and let the piece cure out... if so how long? I feel like if I do more than about 150 grit while it is green it is going to grain back up. 

[Mueiwark]

@TheJimmykern Yeah I would wait a few weeks until the surface wood is dry, then sand to 150 or 180. That should work fine.

[nitrousair]

Do you just take a fresh log and cut it up? I want to buy a grinder with some wheels and start on some of my own stuff. Your awesome stuff gives me inspiration!

[Paulyfantastic]

So you could have made something beautiful but instead you made an alien fuck stick.

[tiredlight]

passion and heartblood. beautytful !!!

[MrUrbanclimber]

Loved the oak bowl, fantastic idea! keep it up!

[nitrousair]

oh and I use a small hatchet to rough shape

[nitrousair]

Thank you! I appreciate the advice, my previous kuksas I've done by hand using only a knife, a couple chisels, and various sandpaper grits, it usually takes me 3-5 hours depending on the size. But i think those saburr-tooth wheels would be at least a little faster.. Anyway thanks for the tip ;)