Turned My First Bowl

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Manitoba Maple that has been drying for 3 years. 7" in diameter and 2-1/2" deep.
Used my 3/4" roughing gouge and 1/4" round nose scraper.
Will have to get the proper chisels for bowl turning if this one works out.

While I still had in the chuck I sanded to 400 grit, applied 2 coats of Minwax Gloss Wipe On Poly, rubbed down with super fine steel wool between coats, applied 6 coats of Minwax Satin Wipe On Ploy and polished with Hut Ultra Gloss.

Made a doughnut chuck and removed the tenon to make a foot for the bowl bottom and finished the foot with Minwax Satin Wipe On Poly.

As always comments and or suggestions welcome.
Thanks for looking.
 

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VERY nice bowl.

Those doughnut chucks are a great item for any bowl turner. Just don't do like my neighbor and mount the bolts with th3e threaded end facing towards the work face. He is now the owner of two rather gnarly, mangled, and broken fingers since he "forgot" about them and his hand tried to see which was stronger.

I always cut my bolts down to where they just allow me to tighten them down ... and I also round over the ends till they are smooth. Just in case I too forget!
 
Yea, what they said about the bolts..!

Beautiful bowl...nice shape, great looking figure in the grain, excellent finish.

However, that shop floor looks _way_ to clean :)
 
nice bowl!

The shape and finish are great and I think the foot is perfect for the size. Great Job!
Your donut chuck needs some help....there are no knicks or cuts or odd looking stains:) I use mine alot. I have 4 lengths of bolts to make it safer. With a little creative thinking, you can mount just about any shape or size.

Did you make the chest in the background too?
 
That is a great looking bowl....Beautiful looking finish!

I also like the doughnut chuck...I have not seen this before....
I don't mean to hijack this thread but......

Can I ask how you it mount to the lathe?
Faceplate?
Or a thru hole held on with a nut?
Also...
Could the bolt heads with washers be recessed a bit or will that compromise the strength of the chuck?
So far my fingers are all there and accounted for without mangling and I kind of like 'em to stay this way.
 
Your first bowl? I've made three and none of them are that nice. I too need to know more about your doughnut chuck. And boy oh boy do you ever have a future in bowl turning!
 
opfoto said:
That is a great looking bowl....Beautiful looking finish!

I also like the doughnut chuck...I have not seen this before....
I don't mean to hijack this thread but......

Can I ask how you it mount to the lathe?
Faceplate?
Or a thru hole held on with a nut?
Also...
Could the bolt heads with washers be recessed a bit or will that compromise the strength of the chuck?
So far my fingers are all there and accounted for without mangling and I kind of like 'em to stay this way.
Click to expand...

Thanks Marc

I use a Face Plate to mount to the Head Stock.

I don't see why you couldn't counter sink the bolt heads
as long as you material is thick enough.

Les
 
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Beautiful bowl. I also like the donut chuck. I have never seen this before, but then again I haven't seen a lot of things, in wood turning. Can I ask where you got the plans for it and was it difficult to make?
Thanks
 
rd_ab_penman said:
Manitoba Maple that has been drying for 3 years. 7" in diameter and 2-1/2" deep.
Used my 3/4" roughing gouge and 1/4" round nose scraper.
Will have to get the proper chisels for bowl turning if this one works out.
Click to expand...

Do it now.... buy the bowl gouge.

I've always done my bowls with a scraper, being ignorant of the finer points of faceplate work. Yesterday I received a 1/2" Henry Taylor Superflute, and gave it a whirl this morning...

Words cannot describe the feelings. Pure joy of seeing that gouge easily and effortlessly carve out wide swaths, with a *smooth finish* to boot. And... pure anger at myself for not buying one long, long ago.

But... now I have to buy a sharpening jig. I can do my roughing gouge, spindle gouge, skew, and others by hand just fine, but I know I'd butcher this thing.
 
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