First Bowl (after almost 40 years)

[steven carter]

While waiting for roughed bowls to dry, LOML found a pakauk bowl blank on sale at Woodcraft, so I made the bowl. 3x3x6, finished with friction polish. BTW my nickname was "RED" for a while. Boy does this stuff ever get everywhere. If you ever want to know how well your filters are working on your mask, just turn some of this stuff and look at them.

LOML just loves this bowl, as it is my first. She said she would not part with it for $100 until I told her I could make another Just like it.(Luckily she hasn't done a total on all my expenditures). A friend of mine got a boat and was complaining that he did nothing but spend money on it. I told him he was lucky, he could have bought a lathe.

[Mark Cothren]

Keep 'em coming, Steven! Great (re)start! If your wife likes then nobody else really matters - right? ;)

[Steve Schlumpf]

Nice classic shape, beautiful color! Looking forward to your next one!

[Keith Burns]

Excellent bowl Steven !! I don't blame your wife, I don't think I could part with it either:) :)

[Ken LaSota]

Nice job Steven. I like the graining and shine it has.Keeo them coming.
Ken

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Steven.....classic form....beautiful wood.....nice finish.....Welcome back to the Vortex!

[Mark Pruitt]

Great job, Steven. Yup, that stuff can definitely turn things red. Found that out by experience.:eek:

[Nancy Laird]

Steven, very pretty bowl!! I agree with your wife; if the LOML had turned this, I wouldn't part with it either---not for any amount of money. I have some f--twork pieces that hubby has made for me over the years that I also wouldn't part with. Hubby says to sell the china cabinet and he'll build me another one; you can just guess what I told him!!!

Nancy

[Neal Addy]

That's a beauty! Welcome back to the vortex after all those years.

Know what you mean about Padauk. Turns your whole shop red!

[Joe Melton]

Nice bowl, Red.
Whitey

[Bernie Weishapl]

Beautiful bowl Steven. I really like the form on it. Nice job.

[Glenn Hodges]

Steven you are a natural, and this beaut proves it.

[Ralph Lindberg]

.... BTW my nickname was "RED" for a while. ...

Steven, there is a reason I wear a full face mask working that stuff. Someplace (and I couldn't find it in a 90 sec search just now), I have a photo of my pre-filter, showing bright red dust, and I was turning, not sanding.

[Bruce Shiverdecker]

Like ridin' a bycycle, isn't it, Steve.

A GREAT LOOKIN" PIECE.

Bruce

[Roy Griggs]

Steve,
you still have the first one you turned 40 yrs ago in Jr. high? I still got mine...
roy