First post - a few bowls

[Bill Sherman]

Hello,
Long time lurker here - thought I would post some of my latest turnings. I've been turning for about six months on a Jet mini and the vortex has me now......
Bill

Picture 1: Four Small White Oak bowls 4 1/2" X 2" (made from a tree that fell on my neighbor's house)

Picture 2: Osage Orange 5 1/2" x 3"

Picture 3: Figured White Oak 7" x 2 1/2"

Picture 4: Sycamore 8" x 3"

Picture 5: Ash mallet 10 1/2" x 3"

Thanks for looking. C&C welcome

[curtis rosche]

i dont know about other people, but i cant see the pictures. you need to load them differently. welcome to the vortex

[David Christopher]

welcome to the creek Bill.......I cant see the pictures either

[Bill Sherman]

Hopefully you can see them now.

Bill

[Steve Schlumpf]

Bill -Welcome to the Creek! Very nice work! Really like all of your Oak bowls! Very pretty wood and you did a great job of capturing all the rays!

Looking forward to seeing more of your work real soon!

Looks like you have the photo posting thing all figured out!

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Excellent turnings Bill! I especially like the figured white oak bowl. Thanks for posting.

[David E Keller]

Love that oak... I agree that the figure is very nice. Your midi must have a lot more power than my Rikon as the oak tends to bog down the motor on mine pretty badly. Look forward to seeing more pics.

[Bill Sherman]

Thanks everyone for the kind words.

David - The jet mini has 1/2 hp - same as the Rikon I believe. It was a little scary turning that figured oak. I kept expecting it to come apart on me. I took light cuts and left it a little thick.

Bill

[Bernie Weishapl]

Welcome to SMC Bill. Those are some excellent turnings.

[Toney Robertson]

That oak piece is some amazing wood.

All the bowls look good.

Toney

[David Christopher]

can see em all now and they look great

[Leo Van Der Loo]

Bill you did very good, as everyone moans about the splitting Oak, you have the bowls with even the pith right in it and the others not centered at all and see how great they look, no split either, I think they are beautiful pieces, yes very well done.

[Richard Madison]

Beautiful work on the oak Bill. You have galloped up the learning curve.

[charlie knighton]

very nice, i expically like your oak bowls, keep posting

[Jarrod McGehee]

Those pieces are very nice and the figured WO piece is really cool looking!

[alex carey]

wow, I love #3, the white oak is awesome.

[Jeff Nicol]

Bill, I say welcome again! It looks like you are on your way to having every flat surface in your home filled with turnings like the rest of us! I love the look of the white oak as well, like Leo said the white oak is a bear to not have crack and you pulled it off with style! Thanks for sharing and hope to see more soon!

Jeff :D

[Eugene Wigley]

Very nice job. Welcome to the Creek.

[Chris Rae]

Great work! Thanks for posting it. I like the white oak, that is some pretty stuff.

[Ron Bontz]

Love the mallet.:)

[Mark Burge]

Nice work. I particularly like the Osage-Orange piece. The photo job on that one makes it look like a sunrise over the nice flat grain in the front. Thanks for posting.

[Bill Sherman]

Ron - Thanks, the mallet was feeling a little left out :)

Mark - The Osage Orange piece is much nicer IRL. The front has an iridescent 3D look to it that is lost in the photo.

Bill