1st bowl for critique - updated with 2nd bowl 8/5/11

[tpot]

Hi everyone,

I got myself a cheapo old draper lathe just to see if I liked turning and have been messing about doing beads and coves on whatever I have about my small workshop.

Still loving it so I got myself over to John Davis in Stockbridge and got some good advice on attempting a bowl and a bowl gouge. I did buy a couple of ash blanks while I was there but thought I would have a go using a bit of oak I was given over the weekend (I know somebody who's son makes oak framed buildings).

I wasn't expecting too much and was just seeing if I could get a small bowl for car keys/loose change - and I am fairly pleased as a first attempt.

I turned the outside on a faceplate and then used a jam chuck for the bowl - finished with a cellulose sanding sealer and clear briwax

I am pretty thick skinned so any comments welcome - if the photos work

Cheers

Andy

 

[SVB]

Andy,

I wish my first bowl was of that standard!!

You teach us all with shops full of kit what can be done with a bit of tallent and some application.

I really like the curve you have achieved on the outside and to turn with a jam chuck obviosuly means your technquie is pretty good also.

Well done you - so next project is...........?

BRgds
Simon

 

[Hudson Carpentry]

It is a nice bowl, far better then my first attempt that can be found on here.

 

[Silverbirch]

Hi Andy,
Your bowl looks just great! You have avoided the common tendency when starting out to produce a bowl with straightish sides and a flat bottom. You have produced a smooth, flowing curve and the concentric rings on the base are a nice finishing touch.The finish looks very good too.
Well done!

Ian

 

[Leo]

I'de be proud of that now, for a first I think it's great. Well done indeed. =D> =D> =D>

 

[jumps]

I will echo others' comments

The outside curve works particularly well with the grain and the base works well with the proportions and outside curve.....

 

[tpot]

Wow! Thanks for all of the positive comments, having lurked on this site for a while I can see it is a great resource of help and advice from friendly people!

Like I said, I am happy with it as a first effort but being critical I think the outside curve is a touch flat and there are a few nicks on the outside of the foot (probably from the jam chuck which was very tight).

I think my next effort will be much the same but a tad larger and a bit deeper which I will share with everyone on here.

Thanks again

Andy

 

[loz]

First Bowl !

=D> =D> =D>

Thats a great Bowl - you should be well proud.

 

[JonF]

Thanks for this Andy, an inspiration for fellow beginners!

JonF.

 

[tpot]

Hi guys

After all of your positive comments last week I couldn't stop myself from getting out to the workshop and having a go at another bowl.

I had in mind to do a similar bowl to the first but wider and deeper but once I got started I couldn't see it working and anded up with what is shown in the photos below.

Again I am quite pleased, it is beech (an 80p blank from John Davis bargain bucket) and finished with cellulose sanding sealer and clear wax. This time I hot glued the blank to a scrap turned the bowl and the outside curve, removed it and jammed it on a scrap spigot to turn the bottom.

Size = 9cm diameter and 5cm high

There is a small defect in the wood which I didn't see until I had finished roughing the outside curve which I quite like.

Oncer again any critique welcome - for myself I think the walls would look better if they were thiner and maybe a soft edge in the transition into the bowl would look better.

Cheers

Andy

 

[Bodrighy]

I think that you are telling porkies. 1st two bowls? The finish and shape on the first is really good, I'm not a fan of the squarer type shapes like the second but again the workmanship is really good. Getting a decent finish on the inside of a flat bottom bowl isn't easy but you seem to have achieved it. Be interesting to see where you go from here LOL

Pete

 

[Leo]

This is good too. Difficult to cut the inside, with such a sharp angle at the bottom. I don't see an outside defect, just nature. I agree with the inner edge to match the outer edge a little more. The main thing is that there don't seem to be any tools marks to see, so that is great.

 

[johnny.t.]

Your first two bowls! :shock: Well done, the first one is much more pleasing form/shape wise. Just keep going bowls 3,4,5,..etc. will just keep getting better!