lathe bowl

It’s a start Raymond. I suggest you practise your sharpening skills to get a better edge on your chisels. That will give you a better finish without the grain tearout.

-- Carpenter assembles with hands, Designer builds with brains, Artist creates with heart!

Thanks I certainly will.

-- Raymond

Good start! Hang onto it, sign and date the bottom. I still have my first one and yours it way ahead of mine.

-- ---call me---- Mark

Nice looking bowl, especially for a first try. Much better than my first. Tearout is a problem we all deal with and some woods are much worse than others. You probably noticed that it won’t sand out easily. A fresh tool edge before the final cut always helps. The solution is usually finishing with a shear scrape. If you use a bowl gouge as I do, it involves facing the gouge flute towards the wood with the top edge of the flute very close to the wood, about 1/16 to 1/8 inch away. Drop the handle so you are cutting at a 45 degree angle, and make very light cuts. It should look like fine hairs coming off of it. If you do an internet search, there is a lot of info that explains it better than I ever could. Bet your next bowl only takes half as long.

-- Bill, WV

Good looking design. I have to ditto the other remarks. Sharp tools will always give you a cleaner look. The next will get better.

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

Thanks everyone for the compliments and advice I will certainly try them on my next bowl. =)

-- Raymond

Great start!!!! Keep practicing and you will definitely see some good results.

-- TurnTurnTurn

Thanks triple turn I certainly will.

-- Raymond

good first bowl.

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

Nice first bowl.,My first was disaster, Broke, an part stuck to the ceiling ,Practice and patience, Sharp tools
and good tools .

-- In His service ,Richard