Learning Turning the Hard Way Part II

[timf67]

A while back I posted a thread and pictures of my first bowl attempt and resulting blowout (or spoon rest) Anyway, I CA glued the biggest chunks back on and finished it like a "natural edge" bowl





I then proceeded onto my second bowl - the one I roughed with a spindle roughing gouge
I won't do that again! (Thanks to the many turners who educated me on proper tool use!). Anyway, all is well that ends well I guess. Here it is:





and together...

[boxxmaker]

WTG Beautifull work

[Trent Mason]

Tim, those turned out very well. What kind of wood is the second one?

One thing that helped me more than anything is going and hanging out with someone who has been turning for a while. In my case, I happened to be in the Raleigh area quite a bit and DaveO was nice enough to let me stop by his shop. Just watching someone else turn can really help. And there are plenty of members in your area that are accomplished turners.

If you're not into that idea, order a couple of dvds online. This can actually be more helpful because you can watch them whenever you want and don't have to work around someone else's schedule. Skeeter was kind enough to let me borrow a few of his dvds and I watched them probably 20 times. It really does help. You're starting off great. More than anything, just keep on turning. I was turning one or two bowls every night when I first started.

[timf67]

Originally Posted by Trent Mason

Tim, those turned out very well. What kind of wood is the second one?

One thing that helped me more than anything is going and hanging out with someone who has been turning for a while. In my case, I happened to be in the Raleigh area quite a bit and DaveO was nice enough to let me stop by his shop. Just watching someone else turn can really help. And there are plenty of members in your area that are accomplished turners.

If you're not into that idea, order a couple of dvds online. This can actually be more helpful because you can watch them whenever you want and don't have to work around someone else's schedule. Skeeter was kind enough to let me borrow a few of his dvds and I watched them probably 20 times. It really does help. You're starting off great. More than anything, just keep on turning. I was turning one or two bowls every night when I first started.

Thanks for the feedback! The second one is Redheart. If I could I would probably turn at least one a night, but a 3 year old and 5 month old keep me busy!

[Ken Massingale]

They look good to me Tim. I have several 'natural edge' ash trays around the shop.