Hello!
I made this for a benefit that will include a silent auction. I am hoping it brings in a good deal of money. It felt amazing making something to help a family in their time of need.
The project started as two pieces of rough cut walnut that were joined together using tite bond 3. I then used my surface planer to flatten them before using my CNC machine to surface the slab and cut out the bowl openings. I had the metal legs leftover from a previously posted project. Not knowing what breed of dog will use this, I kept the carving generic. It was finished with oil based polyurethane that has become my go to for finishing.
The bowels didn’t quite fit flat in the openings, so I used a round over bit with a bearing and my handheld router to ease the edge. I really like how it turned out. Note to self, remember to measure the bit in the CNC router, hence the black ring around the cut outs. I smelled something burning and instead of stopping it and only having one ring, I’d have a matched pair. 
Jake
