Movement

cool bowl

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Sweet looking bowl.

-- Dan Wiggins

Nice turning, did it move already? When do they start, as soon as yoiu turn?

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

Dale, this is a great looking bowl. I like the effect the movement has on the finished bowl.

Nice Job!

Thanks for posting it.

-- Martin, Kansas

i’ve been watching it now for 2 hrs. and i haven’t seen any movement yet… :o)

it looks great

-- Paul , Calfornia

One of my favorite things is turning green wood. That is a beautiful bowl, nice job.

Paul that is really funny!!!

-- I'm not here for your amusement. You're here for mine - Johnny Rotten

Handsome, warm, rich colors.

I love the look of out of shape and twisted bowls
nice wood too
what technique do you use to get the walls really thin?

haha whitedog

-- BRODY. NSW AUSTRALIA -arguments with turnings are rarely productive-

Beautiful turning. I’ve never tried that. Looks cool.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Turning wet can be really fun. I enjoy letting the pieces “move” as well, it gives it a lot of character, especially something like a thin stemmed goblet and bowls too. Did you wait for the bowl to dry before finishing? I’m assuming so.

-- - In the end, everything will be okay. If it isn't okay, it isn't the end yet.

The green wood turnings start moving on the lathe as you work them. This one moved about a full inch before it was taken off the lathe.

I get them very thin by shinning a light through the turning wall and looking for a uniform light penitration.

The finish was applied before it was compleately dry. I use laquer thined with laquer thinner. When the turning is this thin it penitrates compleatly through the cellious structure of the wood. The wood continues to move and dry.

Paul, I am glad you enjoyed it enough to watch it for two hours. Kind of like watching paint dry.

Hope I answered all your questions.

-- Dale

If it’s moving on the lathe, how do you keep it from moving into your tool and making a cut where you don’t want or maybe putting a hole in it?

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

As you remove mass from the inside of the piece you start at the rim and work an area about 2 inches in compleately finishing all your cuts to the final wall thickness. You then continue the process never going back to the portion you compleated as it has already moved.

-- Dale

Thanks for the “secrets of the trade” :-))

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

I was actually there when Dale turned this bowl and watched it move and actually almost fully dry on the lathe. Unreal.

-- Tim, Colorado Springs