Woodturning | The Floating Octagon Bowl

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Today's video: After doing that hexagon bowl with the poplar wood and green resin a couple months back, I really wanted to revisit the idea using a transparent resin. I'm glad I did, because I really love how this turned out! For this bowl, I cut out 24 total pieces of oak, and then glued them all into 3 separate octagon rings (8 pieces each) using wood glue for the joints. Once those were dry, I attached them to an oak ring which would serve as the base, and I left enough room between the three to create even gaps. Those gaps were then filled with epoxy resin dyed in a transparent turquoise. After turning, I wet sanded everything up to 3000 grit. I have to apologize for any streaks people might see in the final photos. I was experimenting with a new finish on this bowl, and it came out REALLY bad. I tried sanding it down and then just using the tried and true Waterlox, but I apparently didn't sand off the original finish enough as you can still see some of the streaks and runs underneath. It looks fine over the wood, but over the resin, the imperfections are quite noticeable. In the coming weeks, I'll be wet sanding the finish all the way down to the wood once again and then doing a couple coats of waterlox to finish it properly (hence this won't be available for purchase just yet). Anyways, that aside, I am quite pleased with how this came out, and my mind is already trying to come up with other ways of utilizing wood rings like this in future projects. If you have any ideas, I'd love to hear them down below!

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Key equipment/products I used:

Rikon 70-220 VSR Midi Lathe: https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca/shop/...
Woodstock 1/2 inch bowl gouge: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B005...
CA Technologies Resin Casting Pressure Pot: https://www.finishsystems.com/product...
Magic Resin 2” Deep Pour: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B08VW5RPVK?p...
Waterlox Original Varnish: https://waterlox.com/original/