FIrst rule of turning

[Carole Valentine]

for newbies like me: If you want a 5" bowl, start with a 10" blank! DAMHIKT!

[John Hart]

heh heh.....One day, after making a bat, I found myself up to my knees in shavings.

I didn't start out intending to make a bat.

[Robert Cox]

I just learned that too!

[Thomas Wyatt]

I was goofing one day and ended up with a toothpick. Never found the candlestick I was making.

[Jeff Sudmeier]

Thomas, They would be expensive toothpicks! Man!

[Raymond Overman]

The problem is when you have a lathe that can only handle 11" diameter stock, you can't even plan ahead and start out with enough wood to get a 10" diameter bowl.

[Michael Pfau]

Carole, isn't that part of the fun?..I have done that as well..many times.

[Dennis Peacock]

Wow Carole......

At least you get a 5" bowl from a 10" blank!!!!

[Robert Cox]

I made a nice little bowl today. I swept the pieces under the bench a bout 30 seconds before it was done.

Then I made a box from a piece of cherry burl. Skew practice was OK, Making th4e tenon shortened it a good bit and screweed up the grain match.

But it looks good, except for the hole in the bottom where I parted it too high....

[Carole Valentine]

ROFL! You didn't say any bad words did you, Robert? I'm sure as I get more into this turning that I will do similar things. I am off to Woodcraft in VA Beach tomorrow to take a bowl turning class. So far I am self-taught, but I figure I better get some instruction before I teach myself all the wrong things!

[Carole Valentine]

Well, Dennis, come to think of it, I suppose should be grateful that I ended up with a bowl of ANY size from a 10" blank!

[Raymond Overman]

I've made my share of funnels as well. The trick is always make sure the inside isn't bigger than the outside.