bowl turning thread

[onetruth]

Here's my first attempt...

 

Edited January 5, 2018 by onetruth
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[se7enthdevil]

10 minutes ago, onetruth said:

Here's my first attempt...

 

i'd be happy with that as a first attempt mate, nice one.

[onetruth]

8 minutes ago, se7enthdevil said:

i'd be happy with that as a first attempt mate, nice one.

thanks very much, I am!

only took me a day.

[mickdundee]

Here's my first attempt...
 

Love it, well done. What’s the timber?

[onetruth]

5 hours ago, mickdundee said:

Love it, well done. What’s the timber?

thanks! cherry.

[Lazurus]

That's a great start, try to get the walls thinner it will balance the look and help prevent cracking as it dries, if you can get down to a few mm`s the drying process can create some stunning warping. Alternatively heat in a microwave and gently bend it by hand - only a few seconds cooking though and wear gloves as they can heat up really quick when green.

 

Great effort.

[mickdundee]

That's a great start, try to get the walls thinner it will balance the look and help prevent cracking as it dries, if you can get down to a few mm`s the drying process can create some stunning warping. Alternatively heat in a microwave and gently bend it by hand - only a few seconds cooking though and wear gloves as they can heat up really quick when green.
 
Great effort.

I actually really like that meaty look, especially with the bark intact. I do agree with the turning green stuff thin though, I like a wonky bowl lol

[onetruth]

thanks. I too quite like that chunky look, but I wasn't really going for it - just chickened out of going any further with it.  it wasn't fresh cut when I did it, about half a year drying.  no splitting at all on this one - its a few months since I turned it and it's been sat over a radiator for much of that time.

 

I have already damaged the microwave by drying wood in it, but no one's noticed yet.

[mickdundee]

thanks. I too quite like that chunky look, but I wasn't really going for it - just chickened out of going any further with it.  it wasn't fresh cut when I did it, about half a year drying.  no splitting at all on this one - its a few months since I turned it and it's been sat over a radiator for much of that time.
 
I have already damaged the microwave by drying wood in it, but no one's noticed yet.

Oh dear. What happened to the microwave?

[onetruth]

9 hours ago, mickdundee said:

Oh dear. What happened to the microwave?

I put a fresh bit of birch in and it went bang.  Wood was fine, glass plate was fine, but the ceiling of the microwave looked like it had been punched.  It growls a bit now when it's on.  

 

I also put a tool handle in once, forgetting it already had a ferrule on.  That crackled a bit.  That microwave has since died but I think it's unrelated.  I was going to use it to make one of those Lichtenberg things, but while thinking about it I put my wet hand into a toaster, and decided high voltage probably wasn't for me.