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Purpleheart bowl

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The sharp eyed may have noticed in my "lighting" pictures there was a part finished Purpleheart bowl on the go. Fancied a go at a bowl from this having done pens with it, I thought it might look nice. It seems to finish nicely, blunted the hell out of 2 bowl gouges though.

Well here it is finished. 5 x 2", sanded to 600, finished with Melamine lacquer. This will end up on my desk for putting my coffee money in as it developed a bloody crack right through the wall just as I was finishing it.

Criticism and ridicule welcomed.

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Lovely Phil and a lovely finish too. Purple heart is a funny wood, I understand is affected by UV and goes darker when exposed to sunlight. I might be wrong but I think I read it somewhere.
 

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Lovely Phil and a lovely finish too. Purple heart is a funny wood, I understand is affected by UV and goes darker when exposed to sunlight. I might be wrong but I think I read it somewhere.

Thanks, I believe it will go towards brown over time and lose the in your face purple.
 

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Well done Paul it looks good the crack may be from over sanding and the wood got to hot P/H dont like hot as dont a lot of woods
 

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Well done Paul it looks good the crack may be from over sanding and the wood got to hot P/H dont like hot as dont a lot of woods

Paul ? Paul ?

You 're losing it again mate :whistling:

Thanks for the tip and you may be right I was hammering it a bit with the power sanding technique that a certain someone showed me :funny::funny:

I'll watch out for that and take it steadier from here on in.
 

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Looks very good, with a great finish on it .. :winking: Damn shame about the crack thou .. :down:
 

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Paul ? Paul ?

You 're losing it again mate :whistling:

Thanks for the tip and you may be right I was hammering it a bit with the power sanding technique that a certain someone showed me :funny::funny:

I'll watch out for that and take it steadier from here on in.

Sorry Charlie, Fred NO its Phill another senior moment LOL
 

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Looks a cracking effort Phil :goesred::thumbs:

Joshing aside I think you've turned a really nice bowl there mate, we all have hiccups along the way, just makes you appreciate the ones that go exactly as you planned all the more.

On woods that darken a good idea is to use an acrylic lacquer as this slows down the darkening process, especially if you keep the piece out of sunlight.
 

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A bowl you will appreciate for a long time to come, don't worry about the split make a feature from it.
 

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Very nice bowl, Phil, well done!
If the crack gets too bad then drill some holes on both sides just like eyelet holes on a shoe, then thread them with a suitable lace. On the other hand, if it's a drying-out crack it may start to close up again, and won't look too bad.

Bob.
 
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