Creeker Visit

[Jon Lanier]

I had the pleasure of visiting with Tom Keen Thursday evening. Tom is a super nice guy and was very patient with this dyslexic who gets up/down mixed up at times. The plan was for me to learn how to turn a natural edge bowl on his larger lathe. And, to learn how to properly use a fingernail bowl gouge.

It was decided that I needed quite a bit of practice with the tool and the NE bowl might be a little out my league at the moment. So we went with a 'normal' bowl. Boy, did I learn quite a bit... "Ride the bevel" is still ringing in my ears as I type. The bowl below is the result.

This is Cherry with sap wood. 10 1/2" x 4 1/2" Finished with some Mineral Oil and bees wax.

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Here I am actually doing some final scraping. (Yes I have safety prescription glass' on.)

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Here is Tom doing some sanding on the bottom. Tom has a really nice area for turning. Thompson tools (Sharp!) and a really cool vacuum chuck that he made him self.

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[Ken Fitzgerald]

Congrats Jon! Creeker visits are great!


Ride the bevel.....that's the mantra for bowl gouges or skews!

[Steve Schlumpf]

Always great to hear about Creeker visits! Great looking bowl Jon! Love working with cherry! Bowls are one of those things that with time get easier! Have fun with it! Looking forward to seeing some more of your bowls real soon!

[Rasmus Petersen]

Well you are all more than welcome to drop by :-) i was looking at dooing the XXXX miles east of steve Sclumpf´s place... but the GPS guide had problems with the pond thats between us :-) None the less the door is alwasy open... just give me ½ hours warning to put some more beers in the fridge..

[Bernie Weishapl]

Looks like a great visit Jon. Great looking bowl.