mike johnston Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 I haven't turned my lathe on in a long time, maybe a couple of years. My wood shop time is coming to an end until next winter, and I have a couple of pallets of bowl blanks, so I wanted to rough out a few bowls for next winters finishing. It is amazing how little I remembered about how to hold a gouge, mount a blank, sharpening, and every thing else. But most of it came back, one mistake at a time. These are some large maple blanks from a tree we had removed a couple of years ago. thanks Mike PS : After a day of those blanks beating my arms shoulders I was tired. So I went to town and had a beer. You should have seen the look on the bartenders face when she asked if would like to have another, and I said no I have to get home and wax my bowls. I did some real quick explaining, but I'm not sure if she believed, or understood Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 Good grief, you never mention waxing your bowls in public, how insensitive of you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weithman5 Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 next time demonstrate to her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Immortan D Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 Lesson: Always carry pictures of your bowls with you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckkisser Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 nice lathe powermatic makes a hefty machine at least im guessing powermatic by the color im looking at buying a machine like this and restoring it. it mostly just need some rust removed and a paint job. http://vintagemachinery.org/photoindex/images/5547-B.JPG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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