bowl turning thread

[se7enthdevil]

if you miss them then get back to your bowls ian...

 

 

 

come on ladies and gents, i want to see more bowls.

 

be you a novice, experienced or master turner i wish to see your bowls...

[bellringer]

first one is elm 10 1/2 inch

 

this is sycamore 10 inch

 

 

Beech 4 inch

 

 

Apple 12 inch

 

Sapele 10 inch

 

 

Elm 11 1/2

 

 

 

 

Not bad For a 17 year old i don't think

[Ian Leach]

I've probably put these up before but here goes, I'll put more up once I get near my pc.

[chris hennelly]

.......so i turned my first bowl...which ended up as an egg cup suitable for quail eggs.

With the lathe on the edge of a wide workbench,switch etc on the left and using chisel handle in left hand and supporting blade on tool rest with right,i find it very hard to get round to turn anything....am i doing something obviously wrong?

I made a pole lathe,no problem as it was all spindle work.

............................regards, c.

[sandspider]

I've probably put these up before but here goes, I'll put more up once I get near my pc.

Like that final green one. What wood and finish is that?

[Ian Leach]

The wood it ash and I was having a play with my chestnut spirit stains.

[se7enthdevil]

.......so i turned my first bowl...which ended up as an egg cup suitable for quail eggs.

With the lathe on the edge of a wide workbench,switch etc on the left and using chisel handle in left hand and supporting blade on tool rest with right,i find it very hard to get round to turn anything....am i doing something obviously wrong?

I made a pole lathe,no problem as it was all spindle work.

............................regards, c.

 

bowl turning is quite different from spindle work and everyone will find it difficult at first. my very first ones all ended up much smaller than i intended or completely the wrong shape to what i'd imagined i could have got out of that bit of wood. its all part of the learning process and things will only get better as you learn what you can turn and how you achieve certain cuts.

 

i want to see that egg cup.

 

please persevere...

[bobh]

With Christmas coming up I thought I had best make something for my brother. A recent post on another forum gave me the idea of making him a quaich.

A bit of head scratching followed as I'd not done one before, I think it turned out OK.

 

Mounted the blank on a screw chuck and turned the recess

 

 

Mounted it on the chuck and turned back to the handles

 

 

Hollowed out and shaped the handle ring

 

 

Sanded to 400 and a coat of food safe applied

 

 

Next I marked out the handles and carefully cut off the excess

 

 

The result, would never have got this clean cut if I hadn't bought the tuffsaw blades recommended by mutley

 

 

LOTS of sanding later and I'm reasonably happy with the result

 

 

Edited November 26, 2013 by bobh

[Ian Leach]

I'm liking that

[Ian Leach]

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