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This is a piece of semi-green wood that was essentially a practice piece for me.
Turned into a small bowl. No real ideas about what I was making, what shape, etc… it just kinda evolved.
I’ve decided that spindle turning and faceplate turning are way way different!
I believe that this is maple, it’s found wood from a tree cut down by a road crew a while back. There’s a fair amount of sapwood in there, some knots… made for challenging turning, especially considering I don’t have a bowl gouge! my 1/4” round scraper did the trick, albeit slowly…
The finish is simply HUT friction polish.
I kind of like the checking, and there’s some bark left on the edges, the rim of the bowl was falling apart, as you can see… so I shored it up with some CA to keep the rest on.
good for practice, although it will likely live in the shop with the rest of my practices!
-- Ryno
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lew
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posted 517 days ago
Nice Job!
Know what you mean about the differences in spindle and face plate turning. Discovered very quickly that a skew chisel doesn’t work well as the grain changes!
Do what I did with my first one- it is a soap dish on the shop sink.
Lew
ryno101
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posted 516 days ago
Soap? You see how small that thing is? I could fit one or two of those little flower soaps in there… probably would make my hands smell cleaner…
-- Ryno
jockmike2
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posted 516 days ago
Veery neat turning, albeit small. Very small, that is good practice. I’ll have to try a bowl that small, so far the only thing small I’ve turned is a finial.
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Chris
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posted 516 days ago
Ryno,
I have found that when I start a turning with some idea in my head of what it should look like it rarely ends up that way. I know it sounds very new-age or something but you have to listen to the wood.
Nice Job…Let’s see some more :)
-- Chris
ryno101
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posted 516 days ago
Chris,
You know, you’re right… As I saw the wood spinning there, this wide-bottomed shape just kind of came to mind. I’m certainly not all “New-Agey” or anything… but you’re right. You do have to listen!
-- Ryno
trifern
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posted 516 days ago
Invest in a fingernail gouge and have some real fun. Great job on your first one. They keep getting easier!
-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.
Woodhacker
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posted 516 days ago
Very nice Ryno, it looks great.
-- Martin, Kansas
Napaman
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posted 516 days ago
looks fun…i think this is deserving of the desk in the office…paperclips!!
-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...
lew
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posted 516 days ago
Liquid soap?
Lee A. Jesberger
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posted 516 days ago
Hi Ryno;
Where did you get that big quarter?
Nice job.
Lee
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thetimberkid
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posted 506 days ago
Great looking bowl!
Thanks for the post
Callum
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