Ian Gagnon Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 Turning project #4! So, still holding off on the segmented bowl. I had this big chunk of cherry burl that I wanted to do something with first, and I haven't actually turned a bowl before, so I figured I'd try this before building a segmented one. However, as you'll see in a later picture, I only used half the burl. I'm planning to use the other half and do a glue up with segmented sections to make a partially segment bowl. Should be cool. This burl was given to me by the guy I bought the lathe from. It had been drying for a year or more and he always planned on turning it into a bowl, but just "never had the nerve to try turning it." I obviously knocked the corners off before slapping the faceplate on to make life easier/safer. As always I love the input and feedback. Mounted and ready to spin. Wiped it down with some mineral spirits to see how the sanding was coming along... Cut off the bowl section to be turned around onto the chuck. Here is the other half of the blank that I'm going to marry to a couple of segmented sections for my next bowl. Chucked up and ready to spin. Profile is starting to take shape... Profile just about complete. Did a quick mineral spirit wipe to check progress to the top... ... and the bottom. Still more sanding to do and some touch-ups. Then to flip it around and turn the tenon off the bottom. More pictures to come in the next week as I have more free time to work on it. The walls are pretty thin. Down to about 1/8". Ian. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckkisser Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 burls are always nice to work with. but more importantly you have a realy nice profile for your bowl here is a hint for doing thin walled turnings shape the entire bowl so it is round turn the inside down to the shape you want then you thin it from the outside rather then from the inside. easer to catch the wood from the inside then it is from the outside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbarton22 Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 WOW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 Super nice piece! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted June 21, 2014 Report Share Posted June 21, 2014 Beautiful work and awesome grain ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Gagnon Posted June 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2014 I finished it earlier today before I had to run out to work. Will post pictures on the completed piece tomorrow. Pretty happy with it! The bottom looks pretty small, but it's nice and stable. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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