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Yarn Bowl - handi - 12-30-2018
My daughter recently took up knitting so mywife asked me to make her a yarn bowl for Christmas.
I had a Cedar blank, so off I went.
Cutting the cedar round on my bandsaw looked like cutting a ham, the grain was very nice.
Turning the bowl was simple. Cutting the hook opening for the yarn, not so much. Rotary tool was too aggressive. Ended up using a coping saw, little short strokes inside the 6” diameter bowl.
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RE: Yarn Bowl - Gary G™ - 12-30-2018
Inside of the cutout looks good from here.
RE: Yarn Bowl - handi - 12-30-2018
(12-30-2018, 04:44 PM)Gary G™ Wrote: Inside of the cutout looks good from here.
An assortment of small, shaped files helps!
RE: Yarn Bowl - chips ahoy - 12-30-2018
A buddy of mine makes a lot of those.His wife is a knitter and they do a lot of craft shows,so they sell well.He uses various woods,that cedar looks great.He also uses a coping saw.Nice job.
Mel
RE: Yarn Bowl - Woodworm! - 12-30-2018
Sometimes a hand tool trumps a power tool.
RE: Yarn Bowl - handi - 12-31-2018
(12-30-2018, 07:09 PM)Woodworm! Wrote: Sometimes a hand tool trumps a power tool.
No doubt! I still hand fit mortise and tenon joints with a shoulder plane and just finished the next episode of Woodcademy, part of which shows using a card scraper.
If I do another of these, I may dig outmyJapanese keyhole saw!
RE: Yarn Bowl - Rodneywt1180b - 01-01-2019
The results were well worth the effort. Great looking bowl.
RE: Yarn Bowl - WOODMAC - 01-08-2019
Which rotary tool did you try? Any recommended pattern for the shape of the groove? Did you drill the terminal hole?
RE: Yarn Bowl - Arlin Eastman - 01-08-2019
Looks great Ralph.
That is one of the reasons I love working with Red Ceder. It has so many colors of purples, pinks, browns, blacks, tans, and the knots. Fantastic looking wood to me.
RE: Yarn Bowl - handi - 01-13-2019
(01-08-2019, 07:04 PM)WOODMAC Wrote: Which rotary tool did you try? Any recommended pattern for the shape of the groove? Did you drill the terminal hole?
I have a Ryobi motto tool. A different bit might have been better, but the coping saw seems to be the best solution.
A “J” shaped pattern seems to be the most common. Mine started with a more pronounced ear hanging down into the curve of the J, but some got “lost” along the way.
Yes, I did drill a terminal hole first. Not sure if that is best, that is how the ear got lost, as the saw connected with the hole.