First post

[Bruce Yasitis]

Walnut bowl 9.5" x 3". Comments and suggestions more than welcomed.

[Dennis Ford]

Welcome Bruce;
The wood and finish look great, you did a good job with a difficult shape. The flat interior and abrupt change from wall to bottom are hard to do without leaving tool marks.

[Dick Wilson]

Bruce, Welcome to the forum and glad you decided to post your work. You will find a lot of constructive ideas from these guys. You have probably been lurking for a while and you have seen the marvelous work they produce. You will have to watch out for that Keeton guy a little bit. He can be a handful:D:D ROFL. Seriously, there is no one around that has a better eye for form than John. This is a great bowl. I love the wood. Don't know how long you have been turning but I would keep this one to compare to all future work. Listen to these guys and you will be amazed where you travel.

The only caution I can give you is WATCH OUT!!!! These guys will drag you into the vortex so fast your head will be spinning faster that your lathe (replaced with the new Mustard Monster).

[Tony De Masi]

welcome Bruce. You sure picked a challenging form to show us on your first post. I'm going to guess it's not the first bowl you have turned either. Very nice finish on it too.

[Marty Eargle]

Welcome welcome! That's a fine looking piece and it's hard to beat a nice piece of walnut.

[Dan Forman]

Bruce---Welcome! Nice looking piece with an interesting shape. Keep them coming.

Dan

[Dave Ogren]

Welcome to the creek. Very nice bowl, certainly not your first. Keep up the great work.
Happy Turning,
Dave

[Steve Schlumpf]

Bruce - Welcome to posting on the Creek! Very nice job on a very challenging form! Pretty wood and you did a great job on the finish as well! Looking forward to seeing more of your work!

[Jim Burr]

Now any self respecting M&M would be happy to hope in there! Well done!

[John Keeton]

Bruce, a hearty welcome to the posting fun at the creek! Glad to see you jumped in with a great piece - beautiful wood, and as others have said, a challenging form. How long have you been turning?

[Bill Bolen]

Welcome to posting. It can be a bit intimidating at first but man o man you sure started well! A fine piece and great finishing.

[Allan Ferguson]

The others have stated my thoughts very well. I like it.

[David E Keller]

Welcome! Beautiful wood and finish with a unique(and challenging) shape!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Welcome Bruce. Pretty wood and a fine job on a hard shape to turn.

[Joe Watson]

Mmmm.... thumbs up - came out really nice.

[Baxter Smith]

Welcome to posting your work Bruce! Great looking bowl. Hope to see more soon!

[charlie knighton]

welcome to the creek, enjoy, good looking bowl

[Bruce Yasitis]

Thanks everyone for the encouraging comments. John, I bought an inexpensive lathe almost two years ago to turn some legs for a small desk. Since then I have turned a few bits and pieces, all basic bowls. i am getting more interested in turning as I get further into retirement.

[Roland Martin]

Welcome, Bruce. A very nice piece of walnut, great finish and certainly a tough form to turn. Thanks for posting.