First Bowl on my Nova

[Keith E Byrd]

This was a fun and frustrating project. This was a great learning experience and the bowl is far from perfect - next one will be better. I had to make a donut chuck and I have practice to do on presentation and sharpening for sure! This is ash, 9 1/2" dia, 7" tall. Comments and criticism welcome.




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[Jim Burr]

If you learned stuff...it was a great day Keith!!

[David E Keller]

It's round, and it's in one piece, so I'd say it's a victory! Congrats on the maiden voyage.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

I agree totally with David...it's round and in 1 piece! Nice first bowl and donut chuck!

[Steve Schlumpf]

Really nice looking donut chuck! You will get a lot of use out of it!

Interesting bowl and seeing as how it is your first - be sure to hang onto it and do a compare a few years from now. You will be amazed at how much changes with lots of turning under your belt!

Have fun!

[Les Elm]

Looks great from here for your first!
Great grain and coloring in that piece of Ash.

Les

[John Keeton]

Keith, excellent work - both on the donut chuck and the bowl! The laminated ash made for a nice appearance, and a good first bowl.

[John Beaver]

Keith, You're off to a great start. That's a pretty large bowl for a first time.

A little tip on laminating bowls. First, try to have the grain all running the same direction during the glue up. Taking it a little farther, try to have the end grain all running the same direction too - ie. all smiling or all frowning.
This will help with movement as the bowl ages, and it will make it easier to turn as your are not fighting grain directions.

[Baxter Smith]

Good job on your first. Nice donut chuck too!

[John Hart]

I like the style you're heading toward Keith. Mighty fine. ;)

[Bernie Weishapl]

Nice first bowl and donut chuck looks good.

[David Reed]

Fine work here and the chuck will come in very handy in the future

[jwjerry w kowalski]

For a first bowl I think it's extrordinary, my first bowl looked like a dog dish that had been scraped around the driveway a while. I like your lathe too, I've had my Nova for around 41/2 yrs. and love it.

Jerry

[Dan Forman]

Looks like you are well on your way. Don't hesitate to try green wood, it has a few advantages. Green cuts much easier than dry, less dusty and better curls, and you get a lot of practice in shaping with roughing out, so that when you are ready to re-turn them, you will have had more experience using the gouge to make fair curves.

Dan

[Mark Hubl]

Looks good. Nice chuck. Glad you got some of the kinks sorted out. Pretty deep bowl for your maiden voyage! Good job.

[Sid Matheny]

Not sure I like the shape but for a first it beats my first. How are you liking the NOVA DVR-XP? I have had mine for about 15 months and love it.

Sid