{"id":383,"date":"2025-11-23T15:02:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T15:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.woodworking.monster\/?p=383"},"modified":"2025-11-23T15:02:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T15:02:26","slug":"woodturning-the-sapphire-rim-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.woodworking.monster\/?p=383","title":{"rendered":"Woodturning | The Sapphire Rim Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Woodturning | The Sapphire Rim Bowl\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aX0sRsKFY3Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>This bowl is now available here: https:\/\/formanwoodworking.com\/products\/figured-maple-bowl-with-sapphire-rim <\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________ <\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s video: Pretty simple project today, but one that I&#8217;m quite pleased with! The figured maple round I started off with was one I purchased from a local exotic woods supplier. I first turned the round into the approximate shape I wanted for the final bowl, leaving everything slightly thicker than what I was planning the final bowl to be. I then built up a small mould around the bowl&#8217;s rim using a plastic poster board I picked up from Michael&#8217;s and filled the rim with Alumilite&#8217;s Clear Cast epoxy resin. The resin was dyed using a Sky Blue mica pigment from SquidPoxy. After letting the resin fully cure, I then popped the bowl back on the lathe, did the final turning to get everything to its final thickness, wet sanded the bowl up to 2000 grit, and then applied a finish using Waterlox&#8217;s Original formula. Again, pretty straightforward project, but I really enjoyed the look of the final product. The wood alone has a very nice grain pattern, but I personally love what the addition of the sapphire rim does for it. What do you think? <\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________ <\/p>\n<p>Want to use the same pigments shown in this video? Check out the following affiliate code for a discount on SquidPoxy products! https:\/\/squidpoxy.ca\/?sacode=duo8gk&amp;utm_source=simple-affiliate&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=Davis+%25286410005709021%2529 <\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________ <\/p>\n<p>Check out our Instagram! https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/formanwoodworking\/?hl=en <\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________ <\/p>\n<p>Key equipment\/products I used: <\/p>\n<p>Rikon 70-220 VSR Midi Lathe: https:\/\/www.leevalley.com\/en-ca\/shop\/tools\/power-tools\/lathes\/101468-rikon-70-220vsr-midi-lathe?item=03J7320<br \/>\nWoodstock 1\/2 inch bowl gouge: https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/gp\/product\/B005W139CS\/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1<br \/>\nCA Technologies Resin Casting Pressure Pot: https:\/\/www.finishsystems.com\/products\/copy-of-c-a-technologies-resin-casting-2-5-gallon-pressure-tank<br \/>\nAlumilite clear cast: https:\/\/www.alumilite.com\/resins\/amazing-clear-cast\/<br \/>\nSquidPoxy mica pigments: https:\/\/squidpoxy.ca\/products\/mica-powder-pigment<br \/>\nWaterlox Original Varnish: https:\/\/waterlox.com\/original\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This bowl is now available here: https:\/\/formanwoodworking.com\/products\/figured-maple-bowl-with-sapphire-rim _____________________________________ Today&#8217;s video: Pretty simple project today, but&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":384,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-woodturning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworking.monster\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworking.monster\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworking.monster\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworking.monster\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworking.monster\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworking.monster\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworking.monster\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworking.monster\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworking.monster\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworking.monster\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}