Joshua Dinerstein
04-26-2009, 11:59 PM
Here are the two bowls I turned today. Both came from wood I found/got for free from neighbors and junk piles. The one piece is just beautiful with sap wood and a really dark heart wood. The other stuff has a good grain pattern and some pretty good cracks on the bottom. I just decided to finish it anyway and use it as a candy dish on the receptionists desk at work. They like to do things like that.
I was playing with shapes and putting a foot on the bowl etc... The taller rounder one with the foot has a great shape to it. The semi-trumpet bell shaped bowl I liked on the outside. But doing the inside was a PAIN. That uneven shape made it really really hard to get my bowl gouge in there. Then 60 minutes of sanding later it still had some torn end grain. I am going to keep playing with shapes but I don't think I will go with this one again in the future. Any thoughts on how I might improve the shapes?
Oh and the last one. I didn't turn her though she really did turn out alright. My daughter, and first child, is now 7 weeks old. The other day my wife caught us watching a turning video from our own Bob Hamilton. The baby was on my lap and had been moving around and sucking on her binky. SWMBO asked me what I was doing? I told her we were watching some woodturning and that the baby was really into it! She laughed and pointed out that she was asleep. Not a problem! I say indoctrinate them young and some day they will be masters of the craft! :)
Joshua
I was playing with shapes and putting a foot on the bowl etc... The taller rounder one with the foot has a great shape to it. The semi-trumpet bell shaped bowl I liked on the outside. But doing the inside was a PAIN. That uneven shape made it really really hard to get my bowl gouge in there. Then 60 minutes of sanding later it still had some torn end grain. I am going to keep playing with shapes but I don't think I will go with this one again in the future. Any thoughts on how I might improve the shapes?
Oh and the last one. I didn't turn her though she really did turn out alright. My daughter, and first child, is now 7 weeks old. The other day my wife caught us watching a turning video from our own Bob Hamilton. The baby was on my lap and had been moving around and sucking on her binky. SWMBO asked me what I was doing? I told her we were watching some woodturning and that the baby was really into it! She laughed and pointed out that she was asleep. Not a problem! I say indoctrinate them young and some day they will be masters of the craft! :)
Joshua