A bunch of Pecan bowls.

[Ed Morgano]

Well, I said I had enough Pecan logs to make about 40 bowls. What I didn't have is enough energy. I finished 19 and that's the end for me. I'll have to figure out something else to do with the rest of the wood. Boy that makes a lot of shavings. I filled my dust collector, a 30 gal drum and still had another 30 gallons on the lathe and surrounding areas. I turned these green so I left the tennons attached till they dry some. I'm hoping that when I turn them off, the bowls will be dry enough so the bases don't warp. C&C Welcome.
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[Doug Herzberg]

I'm tired just looking, Ed. Looks like some pretty bowls coming. I've been trying to explain your shower curtain to the Mrs. These photos will make it easier.

[Scott Hackler]

19 is nothing to be disappointed in! Looks like the makings of some fine bowls. I see you found a good use for the "digit remover saw"! If I had $10 for every radial arm saw I have been offered for free...well I would be able to buy something REAL nice. Dad has one and I refuse to use it!

[Barry Elder]

Maybe it's just my old eyeballs, but the tenons appear to be quite deep. Do you always have such long tenons or are you using deep jaws?

[John Keeton]

Nice work, Ed, and far more "sticktoit" than I have!!

I see you found a good use for the "digit remover saw"! If I had $10 for every radial arm saw I have been offered for free...well I would be able to buy something REAL nice. Dad has one and I refuse to use it!

Scott, you got that right!! Without doubt, the most dangerous tool I have ever owned. Sold mine about 30 years ago, and I get a cold chill every time I see one.

[Ed Morgano]

Nice work, Ed, and far more "sticktoit" than I have!!Scott, you got that right!! Without doubt, the most dangerous tool I have ever owned. Sold mine about 30 years ago, and I get a cold chill every time I see one.

To John and Scott:
I use my RAS all the time without fear....but I do have a lot of respect. I've never had a mishap on it. Mainly because that spinning blade above the table is scary. However, I have had two minor injuries on a table saw. That's the bugger I refuse to use. If you have one hand on the handle of the RAS and the other holding the work, it's hard to cut yourself. However, on a table saw, your hands are moving with the work right around a blade that "looks" safe because it has a guard on it.

[David DeCristoforo]

Only 19 bowls? That's it? What a woose! Nice this about that wooden lathe... the shavings just kinda blend right in...

[Ed Morgano]

David,
I feel like a woose. I thought I'd have at least 40 bowls in a week, but I couldn't shovel the shavings fast enough!

[Bob Bergstrom]

I hope you recover before you start finish turning. That Pecan can beat you up some more. It can get pretty hard when dry. Makes a hot fire if burned though.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Ed that is a batch of nice looking bowls.

[Jon McElwain]

Good looking heard of bowls there!

[Eric Holmquist]

Good production effort. After looking at the lathe, I am wondering if the dust collector is some kid pumping a bellows

[Kathy Marshall]

That's a great looking bunch of bowls you have there Ed!

[Baxter Smith]

Makes me tired just looking at it Ed! Looks like you once turned most of them and that takes even more time and care than just roughing.

[Michelle Rich]

with all those shavings, you can now go into suppling compost material for your neighborhood!