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After how well the last bamboo bowl came out (if you haven't seen it yet, link is here:    • Woodturning | Bamboo & Resin  ), I just had to try another. And this time, I decided to lay the bamboo segments down instead of standing them straight up. I took a long look through all the colour/mica suggestions you all made (they were amazing, by the way!), and after many hours of deliberation, I settled on black and red. If this colour combo isn't quite your cup of tea, by all means, keep the suggestions coming! I will certainly do more of these in the future.

For those wondering why I left the bowl so thick, I have unfortunately learned the hard way that bamboo (the outside of the shaft, at least) really doesn't bind to resin well. That's probably because I forgot to rough up the bamboo surface with some sand paper before doing the resin pour. Lesson learned! While turning the outside of the bowl down, I had a bad catch on the cutting tool and one of the bamboo shafts fired right out from the rest of the blank! Thankfully, I was able to get the shaft back in with a little bit of sanding and some CA glue, and in the final piece, you can't even tell that anything went wrong. However, I really didn't want to push my luck with making the walls of the bowl too thin; my fear was that all the bamboo might fly out. And, so, we have a thick bowl! I hope you enjoy.

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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...
Hamlet 1/8 inch parting tool: https://www.elitetools.ca/en/product/...
Alumilite clear cast: https://www.alumilite.com/resins/amaz...
SquidPoxy mica pigments: https://squidpoxy.ca/products/mica-po...
Black Diamond mica pigments: https://www.blackdiamondpigments.com
CA Technologies Resin Casting Pressure Pot: https://www.finishsystems.com/product...
Yorkshire Grit: https://www.woodsleesummercraft.ca/pr...

Music provided by Epidemic Sound

Sunrise Stadium - These Old Bones
Counting the Hours - Tomas Skyldeberg
To Where All The Rivers Go - Tape Machines
Hey Should Have Been Me - Onda Norte