My First Bowl

[Anonymous]

I eventually got into the workshop today to set up and try out my new lathe. I've not done much more than read the start of a book on turning. Here is my first attempt at a bowl:

It's not short of a blemish or two but for my first attempt I'm pretty happy.

Dave

 

[Intarsiaplans]

Looks pretty good for a first attempt....I remember my first one and it was just done on the faceplate....that was the time before my chuck.
So i had to part the bowl of by just missing the screws in the faceplate.

Danny

 

[PowerTool]

My first one was also done on a faceplate,then reversed onto a scrap of wood mounted on the faceplate,tailstock brought up for support,and managed to remove most of the screwholes :roll:
Dave - hope you enjoyed making it,and there are more to follow What timber is it ? (ash?)

Andrew

 

[Anonymous]

Great start Dave

Whatever you do, don't part with your first bowl! Treasure it, there'll never be another....

 

[Anonymous]

I like that, thinking about wood turning myself

 

[Anonymous]

Hi O B 1,

Thinking is good but there's just a little more pleasure in doing it...

(especially when you get as lucky as Blister)

 

[CHJ]

Well done Dave, I still remember the feeling of walking out of the shed with the very first piece of wood that formed a recognisable object.

And O B 1 as Graham says thinking about it is nothing like the experience of doing it, so don't put it off to long.

 

[Intarsiaplans]

It looks like Ash or Cherry...

Danny

 

[Anonymous]

Cheers for the compliments. The bowl was made from a small piece of ash (it's only about 5 inches across). I didn't want to ruin a good piece of wood so it does have the odd split in it. I started from a square blank just to see how easy/difficult it would be. It was a lot of work just to get it round considering a saw could have done it much quicker and easier.

I used a chuck for this one but I've been reading about just using the faceplate in my Peter Child book. Might give it a try at some point.

Obeone you really should get into wood turning. It's comparatively cheap to get into if you buy second hand (you'll normally get bits and pieces thrown in). This bowl took an afternoon to make....much faster than I could make anything else.

I've got lots of reading and questions from having tried this bowl but I'll save them for another day.

Dave

 

[joekid]

thats a nice piece of wood, dont worry about the splits, its all good practice , keep it up