Finally some turnings again, it's been a long while

[Leo Van Der Loo]

Yes I'm turning again, it took longer than anticipated to get to this point, more than a year :eek:

Anyway here's a bowl that I rough turned 4 years ago, it was warped some but still did have enough thickness to make it with handles on it.

It is Curly Silver Maple about 9.5" X 4"

Any and all comments are welcome as always :)

[Steve Schlumpf]

Leo - Welcome back - We've missed you! Good looking bowl! Haven't seen one with handles like that for quite some time! Hope you are doing well!

[BILL DONAHUE]

Good to see you back. Always enjoy looking at your work.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Great looking bowl Leo. Good to see ya back turning and posting.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Looks like a year away didn't effect your skills Leo! Nicely done! I am extremely glad to see you posting again!

[Roger Chandler]

Welcome again Leo..........we've needed someone who can identify wood here a number of times lately........ you always seemed to have that covered pretty well..........nice bowl....the handles are a nice addition! Like the color as well.

[Faust M. Ruggiero]

Leo,
You've been gone too long. Glad to see you. You have a depth of knowledge that is helpful to all of us. By the way, nice bowl. Love the handles.
faust

[Curt Fuller]

Leo, so glad to see you back in action. I've always enjoyed your work.

[charlie knighton]

good to see your work again, wish you well, Leo

[Doug W Swanson]

Welcome back, Leo! Great job on the bowl!

[Thom Sturgill]

Leo, you've been sorely missed! Glad to see you back to turning and posting! The bowl is, as always, a fine example. It's good to see you haven't lost the touch.

[Scott Hackler]

Nice bowl Leo and welcome back. I hope everything is OK with you and that you get to spend a lot of time at the lathe!

[Allan Ferguson]

Missed your presence and was concerned about your absence.

[Sid Matheny]

Yes your posts have been missed as I have always enjoyed reading your comments and seeing what you have made.

Sid

[Richard Hutchings]

How did you do that? I love everything about it.

[Jim Burr]

Glad you're moved in and settled to the point you could knock out a great bowl!! Welcome back!

[Steve Mawson]

Very nice Leo and I am with everyone else, Glad to have you back.

[Thomas Canfield]

Glad you are back Leo. That is a neat trick to leave the extra as a handle. I guess it would also work to just leave a "ring" and save some carving, or did you have another technique for leaving just the handle? You again have our interest in your experience and work.

[Baxter Smith]

Nice to see you and your work Leo. It always has that little bit of extra!

[Leo Van Der Loo]

Thanks ALL for the warm welcome again :D, and yes I'm fine and glad to be able to have the time and a nice place to turn again.

As to how I do the handles, well got the same ?? at the Canadian woodworking forum and I made a couple of pictures showing the basics of how I get there.

I use the distortion of the wood as the beginning of the handles, the bowl I used to show how to was from a crotch and had some unequal distortion as well, but still could be used for my intentioned how to showing.

#1 shows the bowl inside turned and the handle size marked and colored (for this how to showing)

#2 and 3 show the difference in the thickness that's left after turning the bowl's interior, still enough left over for a handle.

#4 shows the size of the handle after rough turning the bowl wall to finish thickness.

#5 shows the pieces that got sawn off and #6 shows the underside of what's left to remove to finish the bowl.

Hope this makes it clear as how I do it :)

[Richard Hutchings]

So it wasn't magic:rolleyes:

Thanks for the explanation Leo.

[steven carter]

Very nice handles and bowl Leo. LIke all the others, I am glad to see you back to turning and posting. Your opinion is valued and missed when not present.

[Bob Bergstrom]

Great to see you on the Creek. Always value your knowledge and expertise.