Now you got to Promise............

[Stu Ablett in Tokyo Japan]

.......... not to laugh, well not to laugh TOO hard.....:o

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Maybe a bit of a dumpy bottom....

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I did not bother sanding or finishing it, there was so much tear-out and I was getting some big catches....

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...big catches always seemed to happen on this CA filled crack, really annoying.....

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..... but I wanted to get one off the lathe in one piece, so I gave up making is super smooth, and settled for in one piece.

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I did a jam chuck and took off the bottom tenon, even did a recess in the bottom.

The bowl is just under 5" wide by about 2 1/2" tall, the wood is Sakura (Japanese Ornamental Cherry) walls are a little less than 1/4".

This is a save, as this piece was the one that I did not think I could save, and glued it up, the cracks were kind of scary, as I was thinking it could explode at any time, "Light cuts, Light cuts!" was my mantra :D

All in all great fun, learned a bunch, and got to use the new chuck, beats watching TV any night of the week!

Cheers!

PS thanks for not laughing too hard, I'll do better, promise! :D

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Looks pretty good to me compadre! Hopefully the next one you won't be fighting cracks and enjoy the process more! Nice grain in that Sakura!

[Scott Donley]

Stu, looks great to me, I can only hope my first bowl will be as nice.

[Jim Davenport]

Thats a down right first class job!!!:)
I've found a little very light scraping with a super sharp scraper will reduce tear out. When I sharpen I try to raise a "Burr" on the edge. There's a lot of arguement about burrs, but it seems to work for me, and I need all the help I can get.:rolleyes:

[Brad Schmid]

I say well done Stu. It looks like you got the hang of it pretty well to me, especially the form. Don't sweat the finer points, you can work on those on the next one;)

[Dennis Peacock]

Well Done Stu..!!!! You did good!!!! Congrats.:D

[Ed Scolforo]

Stu, yer on your way! Looks good from here.
Ed

[Lee DeRaud]

Good job, Stu!

Don't sweat that crack: remember that Rule #1 for photographing stuff for this forum is
"It's my camera, and I'll decide which angle to take the picture from!":D :cool:

[Bruce Shiverdecker]

Very Good first effort Stu.

Keep the faith! It gets better.

Bruce

[Tim Beauregard]

I like it too! Wonderful.

[Mark Cothren]

Good start, Stu! Keep 'em coming!

[Rob Bourgeois]

Dumpy bottoms help it not to roll over....

Looks good..next time practice your sanding and finishing even if you dont keep it. that way you know what to do if you make one you really like.

Nice bowl

[John Hart]

Sorry Stu...Nothing to laugh at. It looks great. I'm impressed that you put such a nice bottom on it...being the first bowl and all. Nice job!

[Don Baer]

Great job stu.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Hey Stu that bowl looks great. You should have sanded it anyway just for practice. Looks mighty good to me.

[David Fried]

Just get it off the lathe in one piece - yeah, I know that feeling!!!
Great job!! They say it gets easier - we'll see ;)

Looks nice and, like Ken said, that wood has great grain!

Now get started on number two, three, four, ...

[William Bachtel]

Looks ok to me, don't be so hard on yourself get some of that 36 grit and go to the sanding.

[Corey Hallagan]

Nice work Stu, I don't see anything wrong with that one at all!

Corey

[Pete Jordan]

McGiver,

Pretty soon you will have a mini lathe in the liquor store for slow times.

Great job on the bowl.

Pete

[Pat Salter]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA oh, sorry,:D i was just kidding. it's actually a very nice bowl. If it didn't finish well, don't worry, not many of us can say our first one did turn out the best. Date the bottom and keep it. in two years, put it up to what you are doing then. If it's the same, then you have to worry :eek:

[Barry Stratton]

McGiver,

Pretty soon you will have a mini lathe in the liquor store for slow times.

Great job on the bowl.

Pete

PRICELESS! I can see it now, Ablett Liquor, custom bottlestoppers while u wait.........

Nice job by the way Stu. Actually, a great job!

[Curt Fuller]

That's a great bowl Stu and I really like the smoothly contoured recess in the bottom. No laughing here.

[Frank Chaffee]

Stu,
No need to apologize for the dumpy bottom on that bowl; after all, your hands are large enough to hold it up, and, it will hold more soba!
Also Stu, while the grain of the bowl is beautiful, the crack is nice too.
Frank

[Ernie Nyvall]

Looks good Stu. Nice form.

Ernie

[Jim Ketron]

Stu Thats a very nice Bowl!
The shape is fine IMO
Great Job!