First Bowl

[Wooden_Pen_Turner_11]

This is my first bowl, made from Redheart. Thanks for looking!

 

[PaulDoug]

nice bowl. That is a beautiful piece of wood.

 

[holmqer]

Good job on the bowl, much better then my first!

 

[toyotaman]

Excellent bowl. Great wood. What is the finish you used?

 

[fernhills]

Great job. I find it a lot better to understand the sequence of what to do first by watching tons of you tube videos. This will be your 1st of many to come. Carl

 

[Wooden_Pen_Turner_11]

It was high gloss polyurethane. I don't recall the brand. Thanks for the compliments! I reall ought to use at least a self-centering chuck. And, one that fits properly on the lathe. I had to catch the bowl after I turned it off.

 

[triw51]

Nice work

 

[rskelly]

Nice job, my first becam a funnel!

 

[rizaydog]

Very nice. Much better then my first as well.

 

[cmccarter]

Rule #1

Rule #1 to bowl making :

Never make the inside diameter larger than the outside diameter.


DAMHIKT

 

[clapiana]

nice job fill it up with nuts and use it

 

[TellicoTurning]

nice job fill it up with nuts and use it

and if you need nuts, the squirrels and/or other rodents keep filling things in my shop with acorns and nuts... found a stash in my latex glove box on a shelf 5 feet off the floor.

 

[David Keller]

Nicely done! Much nicer than my first dozen, and your finish looks beautiful!

 

[McBryde]

Nice bowl, and great finish on it!

E

 

[Wooden_Pen_Turner_11]

Thanks guys. What do you use to hold bowls? My dads drooling over a Barracuda self centering chuck.

 

[TellicoTurning]

Thanks guys. What do you use to hold bowls? My dads drooling over a Barracuda self centering chuck.

I generally start with a 3 or 4 inch face plate - depending on how big the blank is - then switch to my Barracuda II from PSI... it's not a real expensive chuck and has worked well for me over the years.... I want to get a couple with the single keys to tighten, since trying to use the tommy bars gets to be a little cumbersome and at times I could use 3 hands instead of 2... but mine does work well for me.