Paul Hinds bowl #C175

C175 --- $80.00 --- this is the orientation view --- more pics down below

diameter: 8"
height: 3"

finish: 10 thin coats of satin-finish spar polyurethane (with UV blocker)

WOODS USED: [SEE DISCUSSION ON THE MAIN PAGE OF THIS SITE IF ANY OF THIS IS UNCLEAR]

base: Honduras mahogany

view 1: oxhorn, aromatic red cedar, paela, bocote, BOX

view 2: curly mahogany, machiche, BOX

view 3: white oak, aromatic red cedar, anigre, walnut, BOX

view 4: white oak, motteled sapele, ?(brown wood), BOX

view 5: chestnut, pine, chechem, BOX

view 6: red maple, sipo, padauk, BOX

view 7: fir, padauk veneer, birch, BOX

view 8: walnut, elm, tulip poplar, BOX

BOX: bottom up; redheart, zircote, redheart sided by machiche, cowtree sided by padauk, purpleheart sided by bloodwood, bocote, purpleheart, paela

flaws/issues: the matched purpleheart pieces near the top of the BOX are from a plank that had a heavy black stain on the surface and I neglected to sand enough of it off, so it shows up at the joint and is rather ugly. The zircote in the lower part of the BOX has a poor glue line on its upper left side. There is a slight "chatter" on the upper rim; that is, the lathe tool "bounced" as I was turning and there is a slight ripple in the furface. This should have been turned or sanded down but was not and is the main reason for the relatively low price.

comments: The anigre has a rather striking grain pattern, particularly for what is normally such a bland wood, and the heartwood/sapwood contrast in the curly mahogany in view 2 is rather nice.

views 5c and 7b

views 1d and 3b

view 1c as the bowl blank and then as the finished bowl