gketell
Local Chapter Leader
With the help of JayDevin I was able to successfully turn my first two bowls today.
The first was a chunk of koa that came in a "turner's starter box" from Chris/Kalai way back when. It started out about twice as tall and tulip shaped but after a series of snags and cracks and other "ooopses" it came out like this:
It is 2-3/4" diameter and 1-5/16" tall.
The second one was a piece of "scrap wood" that Jay had laying around. He might post what kind it was cuz I don't remember. But it smelled good. This one I did 100% on my own:
It is 2-1/2" diameter at the "neck", 4-1/4" diameter wings, 1-5/16" tall.
Both bowls are about 1/8" thick and finished with several coats of semi-gloss rattle-can lacquer.
It was a fun day!
GK
The first was a chunk of koa that came in a "turner's starter box" from Chris/Kalai way back when. It started out about twice as tall and tulip shaped but after a series of snags and cracks and other "ooopses" it came out like this:
It is 2-3/4" diameter and 1-5/16" tall.
The second one was a piece of "scrap wood" that Jay had laying around. He might post what kind it was cuz I don't remember. But it smelled good. This one I did 100% on my own:
It is 2-1/2" diameter at the "neck", 4-1/4" diameter wings, 1-5/16" tall.
Both bowls are about 1/8" thick and finished with several coats of semi-gloss rattle-can lacquer.
It was a fun day!
GK
