Mike Goetzke
08-06-2013, 7:06 PM
I'd turned a few pens in the past but really wanted to try something different - like pepper mills or a bowl. I upgraded an old Craftsman lathe with a slightly used 46-460 that I bought from a member hear about a year ago. I was wondering why he was selling it since he only had it for 6 or 9 months. Well I'm thinking I may have outgrown it in the past week. I noticed Mike Cruz was selling some cherry bowl blanks in the classifieds for way less that you could get them anywhere else (I think he still has some left). So I bit and bought two sets. They were prepared perfectly - everyone a perfect circle. Not only that but I got my moneys worth of mentoring out of him over the past two weeks. I also watched the Bill Grumbine DVD, some internet videos, and help from others here. My first attempts were not very good. Plus when I saw the beautiful job another new turner Joe Marra did I thought this isn't for me, but, Mike C. encouraged me and I called Joe to trade some notes. Two big things I was doing wrong was the grind on my gouge was not correct and the attack angle of the tool was bad. After I got these somewhat perfected I was making lots of curlies and getting better shapes on my bowls. I'll bet just from appearance I could line up my bowls from first to last. I had so much fun I may need get some more wood.
Here are the ten bowls:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/mbg/Projects/Cherry%20Bowls/IMG_0007_zps99d46d2c.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mbg/media/Projects/Cherry%20Bowls/IMG_0007_zps99d46d2c.jpg.html)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/mbg/Projects/Cherry%20Bowls/IMG_0008_zps806bbff9.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mbg/media/Projects/Cherry%20Bowls/IMG_0008_zps806bbff9.jpg.html)
Here is the last one (Mike C. customized the blank to fit my 12" lathe - the big ones just barely fit the lathe):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/mbg/Projects/Cherry%20Bowls/IMG_0002_zps05570a53.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mbg/media/Projects/Cherry%20Bowls/IMG_0002_zps05570a53.jpg.html)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/mbg/Projects/Cherry%20Bowls/IMG_0005_zps9b811697.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mbg/media/Projects/Cherry%20Bowls/IMG_0005_zps9b811697.jpg.html)
Here are the ten bowls:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/mbg/Projects/Cherry%20Bowls/IMG_0007_zps99d46d2c.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mbg/media/Projects/Cherry%20Bowls/IMG_0007_zps99d46d2c.jpg.html)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/mbg/Projects/Cherry%20Bowls/IMG_0008_zps806bbff9.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mbg/media/Projects/Cherry%20Bowls/IMG_0008_zps806bbff9.jpg.html)
Here is the last one (Mike C. customized the blank to fit my 12" lathe - the big ones just barely fit the lathe):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/mbg/Projects/Cherry%20Bowls/IMG_0002_zps05570a53.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mbg/media/Projects/Cherry%20Bowls/IMG_0002_zps05570a53.jpg.html)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/mbg/Projects/Cherry%20Bowls/IMG_0005_zps9b811697.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mbg/media/Projects/Cherry%20Bowls/IMG_0005_zps9b811697.jpg.html)