New to turning

Jan 15, 2006 2 Replies
J

I have been doing other woodworking for the best 5 yrs. and had seen so many beautiful turnings posted on A.B.P.W that I thought I would like to learn to do it. I decided to take a class at the local Woodcraft in both spindle and bowl turning. It really helped (I still need a lot more practice) to learn from and experienced turning. It also helped reading many of the posting here. I took the advice and go the set of tools for spindle turning from Harbor Freight and bowl turning from Penn State. They are good tools and have been great to practice my sharpening skills. I need to turn a few more small bowls that SWMBO likes and then maybe I can justify a better lathe, chucks, and more time away from the kids.



Please checkout the pictures (alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking) and give me some feedback.



Thanks, John


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O

If I recall, you posted the pics of the cedar bowl along with 2 anothers? That shallow cedar was quite striking (I believe it as the second picture) - you did a great job placing the heartwood between the sapwood edges. For beginning efforts, you're off to a great start. I'd comment to make the exterior more bowl shaped and less inverted cone - i.e. round the underside of the exterior more to make it less straight. Otherwise, I wish my first efforts were as attractive.

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J

Thanks for the feedback. I really liked the grain pattern in the shallow bowl myself. I will definitely work on my forming of the exterior bowl shapes. I plan on hooking up with the local turning group to increase my knowledge from more experienced craftsmen.

Again thanks for the feedback.

John

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