My First Bowl

Very nice. Especially give the interesting use of tools. Thanks for sharing.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Really nice end result. I’m envious of your find on the lathe.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

I have you beat on price. I got mine for $20 with chisels, but that was 40 years ago.LOL
Have fun turning. It doesn’t matter how old a lathe is, it’ll still make nice things.

I finally had to replace the bearings in it after all these years, it’s like brand new now.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Great job Sheldon. I like the look of that bowl.

Lathes seem to be one tool that hold up well with the years, if you have a good one to begin with. Just look at all those 40+ year old lathes out there. They just keep going and going.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

That came out nice. Using a roughing gouge and a skew on a bowl would make some purists pucker pretty tight. You did a nice job!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

The nice thing about lathes and their tools is that you can use whatever works for you. Some people use a skew, others a gouge, and both can get great work.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

LOOK at that grain. You did a wonderful job on this one Sheldon.

Did you get done at 5 minutes till 10…am or pm?

-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,

Beautiful bowl, Sheldon. A roughing gouge and a skew,eh? I guess that takes away my excuse as to why I haven’t turned a bowl, yet.

-- Jesus is Lord!

I’ve done a little turning too, Sheldon, check out my projects. Nice bowl. mike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

Beautiful bowl. You did a really nice job creating clean sides…you should be proud of this.

-- Steffen

this is such a nice piece of Butternut…you did a great job bringing that grain to life ! : )

-- Dusty56@comcast.net