Jim Davenport
03-15-2006, 5:14 PM
OOOOPS. I stood too close to the edge, and am slipping into the vortex, looks like no escape;) .
I've been inspired by the beautiful work you guys do. I broke out the Venerable shopsmith, Bought a bowl gouge on sale at Woodcraft, and have a Talon chuck on order. in the mean time I scrounged through the Magic Garage, and found some pine, and oak scraps. Ive been doing little spindles, beads and cove pratice. I decided to get brave and try a bowl. found the shopsmith faceplates. Glued up some oak, and some pine. screwed it to a face plate and went to town. I bought Richard Raffan's woodturning, bowl turning books, and his wood turning video.
After some studying, I jumped in. The Bowl gouge definitely has a learning curve. I ended up doing most of the shaping with a round nose scraper. Raffan has that really down pat. I'd cut for a few minutes, then back to the "Tormek" to freshen the edge. Sure could tell when the edge started to wear. Wow I have a long ways to go.:eek:
But here's the finished product, such as it is. It started out to be a "Classic bowl. But after a bunch of catches with the bowl gouge, it turned into kinda a platter. Sanded to 320, finished with wax, asper Richard Raffan
Here's some photo's for the "Photo police".
I've been inspired by the beautiful work you guys do. I broke out the Venerable shopsmith, Bought a bowl gouge on sale at Woodcraft, and have a Talon chuck on order. in the mean time I scrounged through the Magic Garage, and found some pine, and oak scraps. Ive been doing little spindles, beads and cove pratice. I decided to get brave and try a bowl. found the shopsmith faceplates. Glued up some oak, and some pine. screwed it to a face plate and went to town. I bought Richard Raffan's woodturning, bowl turning books, and his wood turning video.
After some studying, I jumped in. The Bowl gouge definitely has a learning curve. I ended up doing most of the shaping with a round nose scraper. Raffan has that really down pat. I'd cut for a few minutes, then back to the "Tormek" to freshen the edge. Sure could tell when the edge started to wear. Wow I have a long ways to go.:eek:
But here's the finished product, such as it is. It started out to be a "Classic bowl. But after a bunch of catches with the bowl gouge, it turned into kinda a platter. Sanded to 320, finished with wax, asper Richard Raffan
Here's some photo's for the "Photo police".