Scott Fernald
03-20-2006, 4:29 PM
Had my intro to bowl turning class at Woodcraft on Saturday and it was informative, somewhat nerve-racking, and great fun! The first efforts at contacting the wood (we were using seasoned bowl blanks) with the Gouge was a nervous experience. Managed to chunk a piece out with a catch very early in the bottom shaping process. Got more at ease as I went on - then got nervous again near the end of the inside shaping as a couple of bowls in the class came apart on some bad catches as they were almost done...yikes! I sure didn't want to kill my bowl - but I managed to get it finished....
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It is Canarywood, finished at home with some Watco and a couple of coats of Butchers wax.
Its a simple little thing but I'm happy with it...I also have a chunk of wet black cherry that the instructor gave us - we roughed the bottom to make a jam chuck for finishing our bowls. Turning that wet stuff is very messy and a hoot! I had bark and water flying :D
So in class we used the following:
Delta mini lathe
Sorby 1/2" bowl gouge, 1" scraper, and parting tool
Supernova chuck (and cole jaws)
Slow speed grinder
Wolverine jig and Vari-grind
bandsaw for roughing out the blanks
face mask
None of which I own...sigh...guess it will be a while before bowl number 2 comes along (unless I get lucky on craigslist). I'll start looking for deals on some of these pieces and gradually accrue them - keep the LOML from getting sticker shock!
My boys wanted to eat cereal out of the bowl...I told them you could only eat ice cream from a turned bowl. :cool:
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34411
It is Canarywood, finished at home with some Watco and a couple of coats of Butchers wax.
Its a simple little thing but I'm happy with it...I also have a chunk of wet black cherry that the instructor gave us - we roughed the bottom to make a jam chuck for finishing our bowls. Turning that wet stuff is very messy and a hoot! I had bark and water flying :D
So in class we used the following:
Delta mini lathe
Sorby 1/2" bowl gouge, 1" scraper, and parting tool
Supernova chuck (and cole jaws)
Slow speed grinder
Wolverine jig and Vari-grind
bandsaw for roughing out the blanks
face mask
None of which I own...sigh...guess it will be a while before bowl number 2 comes along (unless I get lucky on craigslist). I'll start looking for deals on some of these pieces and gradually accrue them - keep the LOML from getting sticker shock!
My boys wanted to eat cereal out of the bowl...I told them you could only eat ice cream from a turned bowl. :cool: