Wormy Pear Bowl

[Bill Esposito]

Hi folks,

I wanted to try the new Proforme hollowing tool yesterday so I grabed a wormy, spalted blank from John Hart. It took me a while to figure out the tool and it also required some honing where it shouldn't have needed it (inside of the J, used a diamond cone hone) but once I got it sharp it cut pretty well. The inside of the bowl was turned at about 150 rpm using the Proforme....I'm still a real rookie with this tool.

I just put some oil on it and buffed it today. Here it is from a couple of different angles. Thanks for lookin.

http://cerealport.homeip.net/pics/wormy_pear1.jpg
http://cerealport.homeip.net/pics/wormy_pear2.jpg
http://cerealport.homeip.net/pics/wormy_pear3.jpg
http://cerealport.homeip.net/pics/wormy_pear4.jpg

[Mark Cothren]

Great piece of wood, and a nice bowl, too!

Thanks for the pictures!

[Bill Stevener]

Whew Bill, that blank sure had a lot to show, and you let it out.
Very, very nice,
Bill.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

[John Miliunas]

Real nice bowl, Bill! Man, that grain and the voids go every which way but loose, don't they?:D Great job and it looks like you really do have a handle on that new cutting tool!:) :cool:

[Michael Stafford]

A bowl made from wood with a lot of character, you gave it a good form, finish and cute little bottom. Nicely done, Bill!:D

[Andy Hoyt]

What those guys ↑ said.

Nice penmanship too.

[Ernie Nyvall]

Nice job on that wormy wood Bill.

Ernie

[Chris Barton]

The bowl looks great Bill! Looks like you did a great job with the Proforme!

[Jerry Clark]

Great looking bowl Bill- Nice to save wood and not have sweep it all! Thanks for posting and the info on the new tool. :)

[Bruce Shiverdecker]

How many of those little suckers did you decapitate? The last time I did one of those, I had worm guts all over my face shield.

Your bowl turned out beautiful.

Bruce

[John Hart]

Wow Bill...that turned out pretty nice!! Glad I cut the tree down now. Very pretty:)

[Carole Valentine]

Bill, I have no idea what a Proforme tool is, but it looks like you didn't experience much of a learning curve with it. Works as good as John's "Ugly Stick"! :D Nice job! I always find wormy spalted wood hard to turn because of the varying wood density.

[Bill Esposito]

Thanks all.

Bruce, they had all previously met their demise, nothing but powder.

Carole, the Woodcut Proforme is really a derivative of a circle cutting tool. It is designed for end grain hollowing. It cuts by slicing (pealing) the wood rather than scraping. It left virtually no tearout.

I'm not sure it is best suited for bowl hollowing but I wanted to try it out and I still need loads of practice and technique work.

Here's an article (http://www.fholder.com/Woodturning/proforme.pdf) on it.

Thanks

[Rich Stewart]

Lol at "John's ugly stick". That thing IS ugly too. When the picture came on I sat back and went, "Whoa!"

[John Hart]

Lol at "John's ugly stick". That thing IS ugly too. When the picture came on I sat back and went, "Whoa!"

Hey hey hey!!! That's my Lil' Darlin' yer talkin' about there!!

(She is ugly though....shhhh) :D

Hey Bill...That Proforme's a pretty cool lookin' gadget. One of my biggest problems is the one of taking too big of a bite (and getting whacked in the face). That guard is a tremendous idea! Too cool. I wonder if I can make one those things? :rolleyes: