First bowl, first disaster

[stevebuk]

many thanks richard for the help, i dont take any critism as offensive only valuable information. i totally agree with your comments, as someone at the club said the same thing, so i will have to check the alignment of the wood before i start off again.
I feel so priveledged to be in the hands of 'friends', many thanks guys.. :lol:

 

[miles_hot]

I think you need to re-assess your definition of disaster! As others have said - that's a darn tricky form and not something that I would tackle yet - being an old timer with some 6 bowls under my belt! . Totally impressed with how thin the walls are - obviously some room for improvement there though as you can't quite see light through them!

For the end grain problem I would go with the applying sanding sealer (or possibly some of your finishing oil) and ensuring that the tool is very sharp. I have managed to sand out end grain tearing however you end up spending much more time sanding than cutting and can put way too much heat into the bowl which then results in cracking etc after the work is finished as the wood changes from the drying you inflicted.

All in all bloody good job and something you should be proud of and in no way a "disaster"

Miles

 

[rkchapman]

Looks better than many of my first 10 or 20 bowls...

The key to success is lots of practice, and for that you need lots of free (or very cheap) wood. I did most of my early practising on offcuts of 2x4's (or 2x8's for cross-grain stuff) - make sure it's not treated though. You can also try firewood, but best of all is freshly fallen trees.

Oh, and sharp tools.