I taped a Flip video to the front of my mask and turned a dry cherry scrap into a bowl (sort of crude one as I was hurrying and concentrating on the process more than the form). It's low tech and goofy (beware my singing along to the ipod), but I thought I'd mention it exists in case any brand new would be bowl turners might like to see a 12 minute video summary of the steps one intermediate bowl turner uses to get his done.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD1Dw1D4OU8
The kind of chunky small one at the front with the scoop is the one from the demo.
I previously posted this inside another thread, but thought maybe it would be missed by some who (maybe ... kinda ... probably not ;-)) be interested, so I'm posting it as it's own thread. Hope that's okay.
Cheers.