First bowl on the new Jet 1236

[Rick Huelsbeck]

I picked up a Jet 1236 from Tim Fitzgibbon whom I met through the classifieds on this forum (as a plug he has 2 more and a 1442)and this is the first bowl I did with it, took me over a week to find time to just put the thing together, I'm also redoing a floor and the front pads on my boat that I'm selling (any one in the Lousiville, KY area looking for a good deal on a great boat :D )

Anyway the wood is birdseye maple with a little bit of spalting, finished with salad bowl finish and is about 6" in diameter
http://lh5.google.com/loukyit/RpN2nGr5brI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yVxNnNxHUyc/s400/first%20bowl%20on%20the%201236%20%28-.JPG%3B.JPG

[Patrick Taylor]

Nice! Congratulations on the new machine. :)

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Rick....Nice bowl! Congrats on the new lathe!

[Paul Heely]

Nice looking bowl. Congratulations on your new lathe.

[John Shuk]

Thats a nice bowl. Your going to enjoy using that lathe it is a nice machine.

[Don Orr]

Congrats on the lathe and BEAUTIFUL bowl!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Congrats on the new machine and the bowl is a beauty. Keep that first bowl. Keep it so you will have something to look back on. Keep'em coming.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Rick - congrats on your new lathe! Love the bowl! Great form and finish and there is just enough bird's eye to really highlight the wood! Nice work!

[Rick Huelsbeck]

I'm definitly keeping that bowl, my girlfriend tried to wrangle it out the front door last night, but I was able to save it with a promise of something bigger now that I can turn outboard (I'm going to post a gloat after this, so you will have an idea of what she will be getting). I have only been turning since Oct last year on a manual Jet mini and the size of the 1236 give me more room to work. I feel I'm making pretty good progress for only having had 2 lessons :o