Pole Lathe bowl Turning thread anyone??

[se7enthdevil]

looks good for 60+.

 

that's elm and i wouldn't expect it to move much anyway but you've done some in beech and in my experience that can shift or split quite a bit.

 

on occasion the thicker bowls can move quite a bit as there is more tension left in the wood.

[Thom Noonan]

looks good for 60+.

 

that's elm and i wouldn't expect it to move much anyway but you've done some in beech and in my experience that can shift or split quite a bit.

 

on occasion the thicker bowls can move quite a bit as there is more tension left in the wood.

 

Yep i get the odd split with beech and the bigger bowls become more uneven in shape over time but nothin to bad. I actually made my first bowl with beech its over a year old now and has maintained it's shape (very small and thin though).

[Thom Noonan]

Sliver Birch bowl on-top of a Beech plate.

[Thom Noonan]

Finally got my hands on some green wood to turn. Wood's Ash.

[Pete Mctree]

Nice - did you ever try & turn that monkey puzzle?

[mike1987]

where are you bassed i have a few peices of wood that i would like turned

[Thom Noonan]

Nice - did you ever try & turn that monkey puzzle?

 

The monkey puzzle had a knot in the middle and i'm too much of a wuss to get my hands and tools all sticky. I turned the Cherry though and got two really nice bowls out of them. I've sold one of them and the other is in a gallery somewhere.

[Thom Noonan]

where are you bassed i have a few peices of wood that i would like turned

 

Sent you a private message.

[Thom Noonan]

More of that ash.

[Thom Noonan]

Alder, the wood changes colour everyday (was white when first turned).