Square Bowl - First Attempt

[Rob Cunningham]

This is my first try at a square bowl. It's made from 8/4 cherry, 5 1/2" square 1 3/4" high. I sanded to 400 grit and finished with AO. There's a few tool marks around the legs, but it was getting too thin to try and sand them out.
Let me know what you think. Thanks for looking.

[David E Keller]

The finish looks great, Rob. The only thing I would consider changing would be to carry the hollowing on the underside up a bit further so that the curve continues uninterrupted. It looks great!

[John Keeton]

Rob, you sure achieved a nice finish!! Nice work on the bowl, and while I have not attempted this style, I do agree with David on the continuation of the turning of the underside.

[bob svoboda]

I think it's great. Nice job.

[Bill Bulloch]

Nice job. I never have been able to get my wings (feet) to come out uniformly, (two are always narrower than the other two).

[Thom Sturgill]

The comments about the underside are spot on. It looks like you left the bottom flat near the edges instead of continuing the cutting until you had a smooth curve. You can hide a little bit of that by sanding the sides to undercut them, but not that much.

[Karl Card]

Very impressed with the finish. I have 4 cocobolo squares that I am going to try to make them into a square bowl.

[Mark Hubl]

Rob, Good first attempt at Square.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Rob - congrats on your first! Wasn't as hard as you thought - was it?

Great finish!

[Larry Marley]

Nice,
I agree with David Keller on the under side valley between the bowl and legs. It would be nice to achieve a consistent edge thickness.
The finish looks great.
There is definitely a pucker factor turning these.
Thanks for sharing!

[Dustin Cranford]

That is great. I am still debating a lathe and what kind. I don't have 220 so it'll have to be 110, but do what I want it to.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Great bowl. Finish looks really good.

[Jon Lanier]

For a first attempt I think you did GREAT! yea... you could've went further. But man those things are scary! I've tried two... blew them up and I've not tried another.

[Bob Wolfe]

First attempt at a suare bowl huh...really your first. You must mean the first one that turned out so nice but you destroyed a dozen or so trying to figure them out. I can buy that. Am I in the ballpark here? Nope I'm just not buying it, no way.

Very nice first attempt (or how many ever it really is) :D

Thanks for sharing it with us.

[Baxter Smith]

Nice square bowl Rob. I have never tried one. Have plenty of wood for it too! Stuff that I had saved for all the flat work projects I was going to build over the past year and next thirty! I'm just a year behind.:)

[Rob Cunningham]

Thanks for all the comments.
It really is my first attempt at a square bowl. Those wings spinning around do up the pucker factor a few notches. :eek: I see what you guys mean about taking the underside curve further, I'll keep that in mind next time around.

[Cathy Schaewe]

I think you did a great job, and the finish is beautiful (and I'm a sucker for cherry). I've tried one, got frustrated, and turned it into a bowl. Which then promptly exploded.:o You done good!:D