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Beautiful Bowls...

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THIS IS NOT MY WORK... I just had to share some beautiful craftsmanship. A new member on the Sandcarving forum I administer posted this work. Alabaster stone bowls with segmented wood rims, turned on a lathe.

I did some checking, and Alabaster has a MOHS hardness rating of 1.5 - 3 depending upon which variety. The man on the forum said he used a standard wood lathe and used carbide tipped chisels. I found his source of Alabaster was New Mexico Stone Supply and they sell Alabaster Pen Blanks also. Bet those would be nice.

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Great looking bowls, would be fun to make, as they are a little different.
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Those bowls are very nice.
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They really nice looking, and different.
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Post by pennview »

Tom, those are very nice bowls. Perfectly shaped. Thanks for posting.

One question, what are the measurements?
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Post by dgale »

I wonder what sort of glue they use to join the stone to wood?
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dgale wrote:I wonder what sort of glue they use to join the stone to wood?
That is what I was wondering.
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