First bowl

[pjwillms]

More photos of my first bowl eny help or tips welcome.ty

 

[Tris]

Wish my first bowl had come out as good as that!
Personally I'd lose the foot, it has the width to stand well without it. Like the proportions of the light/dark bands

 

[pjwillms]

Thanks very much for your remarks.ty

 

[Orraloon]

Better than my first one as well. My tip is you dont really need to bandsaw out round blanks. Just nibble off the corners until you get near the circle you have drawn. Little bit more roughing out needed but the bandsaw blade will last longer. Blades that cut circles tend to wander off line when you want to cut strait.
Regards
John

 

[pjwillms]

Thanks for that

 

[kinverkid]

My first bowl (early 1980's) went straight out the window. I didn't throw it out, the lathe did. Nice first bowl. Well done.

 

[pjwillms]

Thanks for that

 

[Paul Hannaby]

Better than my first one as well. My tip is you dont really need to bandsaw out round blanks. Just nibble off the corners until you get near the circle you have drawn. Little bit more roughing out needed but the bandsaw blade will last longer. Blades that cut circles tend to wander off line when you want to cut strait.
Regards
John

If I have a wide blade in the bandsaw I just cut the blanks square then take the corners off so they are octagonal. It's pretty quick to turn that to round so there's no point cutting it further on the bandsaw.
Another alternative is to make square bowls!