My First Bowl

Nice job, cherry always makes a great bowl. Well now you’ve done it, you are to throw all hope aside as you are being sucked into the voxtex of turning. You never forget your first bowl.

-- Tom D

Ken,

It’s a nice first effort; I think your comfort level will grow pretty quickly once you turn a couple of more bowls. Don’t be afraid to experiment…. :)

I recently did a Cherry bowl that I used one coat of Tung Oil wet sanded followed a couple of days later by Satin Poly. I found the final result to be pleasing and durable without muddying the grain or color.

BTW I have a couple of Key & Change bowls around the house myself. ;)

-- Chris

Brilliant bowl, especially for your first go. I have never turned cherry before myself, but it does look nice the way you have finished it.

Well done.

Woody.

-- Woody, UK

Kenn, this is a very nice bowl for the first try. I have seen many people who have turned bowls for quite some time who have yet to accomplish one this nice. Try curving the bowl back in at the top 30% mark and keep getting the top diameter smaller each time. This will be great practice and help develop your bowl gouge skills. Over time you will develop a sense of touch and sound. I look forward to seeing more from you. Thanks for sharing.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

Nice looking bowl. I personally like the offset grain, I think a bunch of concentric grain circles look kind of boring.

-- Todd, Richfield MN

Ah you’ll never forget your first. :)

Beautiful bowl, first of many I am sure!

-- David / Durham, NC

I think it looks great, How big is it?

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Great job!

Thanks for the post

Callum

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Looks like a bowl from a seasoned turner Kenn, nice work!

-- Les, Wichita, Ks. (I'd rather be covered in saw dust!)

Kenn, now you’ve gone and done it… How many blanks do you have, I hope there is enough for the whole family. Seriously though, I wish my first bowl had looked this good. Nice work.

-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.

Thanks for the tips. I’ll use the design and finishing pointers, you can see the results on my next bowl project. We’ll see if you guys are good teachers or if I’m a bad student.

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