Figured Maple Bowl.

[gary Zimmel]

Another weekend of turning classes.
Learned lots and realized this is only the tip of the iceberg for learning the spinny world...

I did come away with a few bowls.
Only two came home as I left one behind at my brothers house.
Small price to pay for room and board for a night.

This first bowl is figured maple. 9"x 4".
Big hunk of wood to start with for me.
I wanted to try something with straight lines. ( hard to give up that flat world completely)
Making the transition on the inside side to the bottom took me a while to get just so without any curve.
Salad bowl for two.:D

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The second is a small maple bowl.
Nothing special.
But If I keep on like this my wife will have a ton of candy bowls..

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Thanks for taking a look.
And sorry about the pics.
Thats another thing one will have to learn.

As a side note.
They should not hold these classes in a store.
Break time is very hard on ones wallet.
After two weekends I may have to get an extra job...


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[John Keeton]

Sounds like and looks like the class was a success! Good job on the bowls, Gary. I like the second one better - nice shape, and the color is very warm.

Looks like you got a chance to use some of that "gold infused" hardwood they sell up there in conifer land! How much does a hardwood blank set you back up there? After hearing from you the price of 4/4 stock of cherry and walnut, I am afraid to think about bowl blanks!:eek:

That second job thing may have some merit!

[ROY DICK]

You are well on your way to a great start.
Glad to see you had a cahnce to take the classes. It sure paid off.
Good looking bowls. Be sure to sign and date those.
Keep it up.

Roy

[Mike Golka]

Good looking bowls Gary, I like the second one better though. Looks to me like you'll be leaving the flat world behind soon enough. Have you tried any green wood yet? If not PM me, I may have something for you.

[charlie knighton]

very nice...

[Harvey Ghesser]

Very nice!

[Rob Cunningham]

Good looking bowls Gary. Hold on tight to your wallet:)

[gary Zimmel]

Thanks for all the comments.

John the chunck of figured maple was a bit over 2 board feet.
They graded it AA.
Cost was about 30.00 bucks
I brought home a few of AAA blanks, (for when I can do this properly)
Cost for a 9"x 4" was in the 50.00 range.:eek:

Mike thanks for the offer on the green wood.
I will shoot you a pm.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Gary - real nice work on the bowls! Curves/form is something you will always play with - but getting a class on the basics of bowl turning is something you can seriously build on! Nice work! Looking forward to seeing what you turn next!

[David E Keller]

Nice work on the bowls... Like the others, I prefer the second bowl. Get some green wood quickly so that you can spend that money elsewhere. At fifty bucks a bowl, the vortex will be pretty expensive. It's bad enough without dropping that kind of cash on blanks. Lookng forward to seeing what you turn next

[Bernie Weishapl]

From the looks of the bowls it looks like the class went well. Nice bowls.