First bowl!

[Phil Labowski]

Got alot of help from Pete on this, but we're gonna call it mine :D
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w109/sabouson/woodturning/P6300002-1.jpg

[Greg Haugen]

Phil,
Nice Job! I like the form, slight ogee, and the foot. Well Done!! Keep them coming.

[Quinn McCarthy]

Nice job Phil!

The first one took me over a year. I made a ton of firewood in that time.

What kind of wood is it? I like the form.

Quinn

[David Hostetler]

I have been working on roughing out some bowl blanks, you are ahead of me... I can only hope my first completed bowl looks that good...

So far with the cedar shavings that came off the blank yesterday, I would be shocked to not find hampsters in my shop this evening...

[Steve Schlumpf]

Phil - that is a good looking bowl! If possible - could you post a larger photo of it? Hard to see the details.

[Toney Robertson]

Phil,

Looks good. Sign it, number it and set it aside so you can look back two years from now and see how much you have progressed.

What is the wood? How big?

Toney

[Bernie Weishapl]

Phil that is a good looking bowl. I would sign it, date it and keep it for comparison down the road as was said by Toney. I still have my first bowl and it is amazing the difference a year or two makes.

[Phil Labowski]

yeah here's a couple bigger ones. I like the smaller pics better cuz you can't see the crumbs on the chair in them lol

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w109/sabouson/woodturning/P6300001.jpg

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w109/sabouson/woodturning/P6300002.jpg

and I think it was Cherry. Pete did about 30% of the cutting and all of the polishing so he get's bunches of credit from me.
And yes it's dated and on the shelf:)

[Bill Bolen]

Very nice "first effort" Phil. You will only get better. Wish my first had looked half as nice as this one...Bill..

[Phil Labowski]

hey, and that's after it got orbited too. lol
thank you all though, the compliments help build confidence.

[robert hainstock]

and you had some help from P.J. that couldn't hurt. Keep thjem coming. :)
Bob

[Chris Rae]

Very nice job, especially for a first! I like the shape and the wood, thanks for sharing it with us.

[Pete Jordan]

Phil was a treat to have visit. He is a natural and after he convinces his wife how important turning is, he will be like the rest of us:eek:

[Jeff Nicol]

It sure does help to have someone handy that knows the ropes! Great job on the bowl and it is only the beginning!

Jeff