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This is my first successful bowl attempt, it is made of 4 planks of walnut laminated face to face with regular wood glue. The finish is shellawax I believe, I just remember burning in the coats. It was turned on a jet midi lathe (wrong tool for the job) in my high school wood shop class with terrible school-style lathe tool but I think it turned out well. My favorite part about it is the “flash” that occurs when it is turned as the edge grain reflects more light than the end grain.
P.S. I am sorry about the quality of the pictures :(
-- "We want the finest wines available to humanity. And we want them here, and we want them now!"- Withnail
10 comments so far
lew
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posted 305 days ago
I’d say this is really great- and your first try. I should have your success!
jim1953
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posted 305 days ago
Great Job
-- Jim, Kentucky
Todd A. Clippinger
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posted 305 days ago
That is pretty sweet.
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SteveKorz
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posted 305 days ago
Great job! It looks terrific!
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matter
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posted 305 days ago
Schweeeeet!
Nice work!
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peabody
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posted 305 days ago
thanks everybody, my shop teacher has been procrastinating fixing our big lathe and so I haven’t had anything to work on (for the last 4 months). This is just the positive reinforcement I needed to get through the remaining days with out the lathe.
-- "We want the finest wines available to humanity. And we want them here, and we want them now!"- Withnail
BarryW
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posted 305 days ago
for a first bowl…and I haven’t made one…I’m impressed…beautiful bowl…and I always loves walnut.
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savannah505
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posted 305 days ago
You’ve done a great job, hang in there, it’ll only get better.
-- Dan Wiggins
LesB
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posted 305 days ago
Great first attempt. Most turners don’t get to bowls until they have several spindle turnings under their belt.
One idea for you when laminating pieces like that. If you want to disguise the glue joint just add a bead, grove, or other decorative element on the joint and it will disappear.
-- Les B, Oregon
jockmike2
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posted 304 days ago
Nice job buddy, if that’s your first bowl you have a bright future on the lathe. Best of luck.
-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com