New bowl design (for me)...

[penhead]

Nothing fancy, just a first attempt at something new...

 

[JimGo]

Very cool John!

 

[DocStram]

Nice job, John. I know this sounds crazy, but ... can you tell me how it felt turning it? Did it seem much different than a round bowl? Any knuckles get in the way?

 

[Dario]

Originally posted by DocStram
<br />Nice job, John. I know this sounds crazy, but ... can you tell me how it felt turning it? Did it seem much different than a round bowl? <b>Any knuckles get in the way? </b>

I didn't think so...the wood doesn't have red stains [}].

Kidding aside...it is a nice piece and a definite knuckle (or whatever gets in it's way) buster. UNLESS...the design is added after turning...which I think is very doable with a bandsaw and will be the route I'll take if I ever attempt this design.

 

[Jim15]

Great looking bowl.

 

[penhead]

I should have given inspiration for the attempt to Colin. I actually first saw his link from a Woodcraft email/ad.

Here is his website, I hope he won't mind since it did originally come from the woodcraft ad.

Of course, there is absolutely _no_ comparison to his work and mine...maybe in another hundred years I might get there []

http://www.turnspain.com/pent_bowl_inst.htm

 

[penhead]

And yes, for me it took several attmepts and most of the day to get the 'wings' even close to correct. I am normally a fairly aggresive turner when it comes to bowls, but with this it is a _very_ gentle cut out on the wings.

Originally posted by DocStram
<br />Nice job, John. I know this sounds crazy, but ... can you tell me how it felt turning it? Did it seem much different than a round bowl? Any knuckles get in the way?

 

[Dario]

John,

Ever thought of doing the cutting AFTER the bowl is turned? I feel it will be easier that way but I may be mistaken.

 

[gerryr]

That is very nice.

 

[penhead]

Once you figure out how to cut the 'wings' it really isn't that hard, just lotsa practice like everything else.

Bandsaw might work if both sides were even, like a square, not sure how that would work with an uneven amount of sides though. Course me and my bandsaw aren't exactly best of friends sometimes.

Originally posted by Dario
<br />John,

Ever thought of doing the cutting AFTER the bowl is turned? I feel it will be easier that way but I may be mistaken.

 

[chitswood]

Here is another place to find this guy's instructions, one of his bowls s on the front page.

If you look areound, you can find many other great projects from this site.

 

[alamocdc]

Very nice, John. I too became intrigued by that site. Just been too lazy lately to do anything about it.[]