First.bowl.ever

[Melinapex]

Playing with the lathe and trying things with scraps. Had a block of glued up red oak and figured I would try a little bowl…..had a couple catches so this definitely looks ”hand crafted” ahem…..
but it was fun… not sure what I will finish this with, but thinking some kind of wax…..it’s little, maybe 4 inche s across

 

[ScottM]

Looks far better than my attempt. Turning is a learning experience.

 

[Charlie]

Mark, That's a great first. They all get better as you go deeper down the hole of turning. Lol.

 

[HITCH-]

I would say that you are hooked!

 

[JRedding]

Way better than my first one . . . or any of the next few after that. Great job and keep up the practice - it gets easier and you get better as you practice.

 

[LeftyTom]

”Hand crafted” simply means there is not another like it.

 

[Ptofimpact]

Looks good to me

 

[drw]

Looks good to me, Mark...based on what I have heard other "turners" say - you may have started down a path of no return!

 

[Melinapex]

We’ll see - today I tried for #2 and it broke in half as I was completing the inside! Wood is gonna do what it wants!

 

[Bogey-1]

Looks good to me! Oak can be a ditch to turn, very open grain.

 

[chris_goris]

Looks good! keep going!

 

[awldune]

Looks good! With regard to finish, if you google "OB shine juice" that is a good one.

 

[Graywolf]

Keep it up! You’ll be showing the rest of us how to soon.