Sunday, December 1, 2019

How to Make Coconut Shell Bowl

How to Make Coconut Shell Bowl
One of the necessary kitchen utensils is a bowl, a bowl can be made from ceramic, stainless, or glass.

Along with the development of an increasingly sophisticated era, many people also choose to return to nature and use a bowl of natural materials, including using a bowl of wood, or from coconut shells.

Coconut shell bowl has long been used as cooking utensils and cutlery, actually not only a bowl, coconut shell has many alternatives made as complementary items either in the kitchen or or as decoration items in your home.

Coconut shell has a uniqueness including its very hard surface, and its relatively round shape, makes it easy to be made into a bowl, the process of making a bowl from a coconut shell can be done by taking coconut shells that have already taken its flesh, this is a way to increase the added value coconut shells usually only become trash and only burned it.

To make household appliances such as a bowl that uses coconut shells, make sure that you choose an old coconut with the characteristics of a dark brown coconut shell, this will increase the service life which will last a long time.

Coconut shell can be used normally as a household appliance if it does not use chemicals such as varnishes and paints, in addition to being strong and durable, the aromas that emerge from coconut shells have their own characteristics.

A coconut shell bowl usually consists of 2 main parts, namely the bowl and the foot bowl.

How to Make a Coconut Shell Bowl


Tools and materials
2 parts of coconut shell, make sure from an old coconut shell,
1 saw, can use a handsaw, electric saw will be better.
1 coarse and fine sandpaper, to flatten the inner and outer surfaces of a coconut shell.
1 wood glue, or quick dry adhesive
coconut shell powder the results of sanding to cover the glued surface, so that it is smooth.

How to make
1. Prepare 2 parts of coconut shell for the top and bottom, the top as a bowl and the bottom as a foot bowl, adjust the circle that can be made according to taste, then cut evenly then sandpaper using coarse sandpaper when starting, and use fine sandpaper to get the surface which is sleek and shiny and smooth.
2. Glue the bowl with the foot of the bowl by using wood glue or glue that dries quickly, add the resulting powder to close the gap in the part of the glue so that the meeting and glue become strong.
3. Wait until the wood glue dries earlier, so that the bowl will look perfect, if you want to use it as tableware, don't add varnish or paint on the surface of the bowl, if you want to make it into decoration then you can decorate it as you like.
4. Done.

The coconut shell bowl has quite a lot of benefits if you don't use it as a cutlery, this coconut shell bowl can also be used to put small items in your home, such as rings, watches, or pretty brooches that you have.

Thus hopefully useful

Monday, September 30, 2019

How To Make A Bowl From Coconut Shell

How To Make A Bowl From Coconut Shell
Coconut Shell
One of the benefits of coconut is the shell, has a round and hard shape as a protector of meat and coconut water, coconut shell will have a higher selling value if we want to make it into handicrafts, one of which is a bowl, a bowl of coconut shells you can make as a decoration or can also be used as a vegetable container when eating, but in general the bowl of a coconut shell is more to function to add beauty to a room.
Coconut Shell Bowl

The equipment needed to make a bowl is also usually available at our home, because it does not require complicated tools, with a little creativity, we will be able to make a beautiful bowl of coconut shells to be able to beautify the room at home.

At the time I want to invite you to make a bowl that comes from coconut shells, to make it, the main ingredient needed is a shell that comes from old coconut, has a brownish color and is very hard.

How to make a bowl from coconut shells


Okay, let's just prepare the tools and materials needed to make it:
Tools
 1. Chainsaws
 Because the structure of the coconut shell is very hard, it is better not to use a wood saw, it would be more appropriate if you use a iron workman
 2. Sandpaper
Use 2 types of sandpaper, namely coarse sandpaper and fine sandpaper, or you can use sandpaper from electric disksander
 3. Glue
Use glue that can glue quickly
 4. Cutter and markers if needed
tools to make coconut shell bowl

Material
 1. Coconut shell that is old enough
 2. Powder from shell sanding results
 3. Varnish To Shine the shell

Manufacturing step
 1. In making a coconut shell bowl, you will use 2 pieces of shell, one for the top, and one for the bottom, the shell on the bottom functions as a support for the top shell so that the bowl can stand on its own. Measure the bottom shell with a distance of 2 cm, then make a circular line with a marker and cut it using a hacksaw.
 2. For the top of the bowl has the largest part, and the shell that is used try to have a large shape and circle that fits, measure to adjust the height of the shell, then form a circular line and cut with a hacksaw.
 3. After the two parts of the bowl are cut, then sandpaper using coarse sandpaper, until the shell surface becomes smooth, for tidying use fine sandpaper so that the shell surface becomes smooth, flat and has a shiny color.
 4. After the surface is smooth, then paste the two parts earlier and glue, if there is still a hole due to asymmetric surface of the shell, then use the results of the coconut sand powder to cover the part that is still hollow, then glue again.
 5. After glue and feel strong enough, do the sanding once again using fine sandpaper to remove the remaining dust and shell powder that is still attached.
 6. After the entire surface is completely smooth, the final step is to provide varnish on the surface of the bowl, this is done so that the bowl will look shiny and pleasant to look at.
 7. Leave it in an open room and do not get exposed to sunlight, until it is completely dry.

There are so many handicraft products that we can make from coconut shells, with creativity and imagination, then a bowl of coconut shells can easily be made in various forms, thank you for reading, hopefully useful