NE Bowl Presentation

Mitch12

Turned this bowl from willow and tinted the var for color. Bowl is 8" long and 5" wideThe thickness is a true 3/32" except about a dime sized piece in the middle is 1/8" to keep it stable. Most of the bowl was translucent, was going to show it with a lightbulb under the bowl to show how transparent it is. Wood was wet turned so I needed to var several times to keep from breaking etc. I turned a lot of these ne bowls but this is the thinnest one I could ever turn. Mitch

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chippypah

Hey Mitch, that is one stunning bowl. It is so much fun to push the boundaries on thickness, and the end result is truly worth it, fantastic mate.
Cheers
Pete

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Check twice!

Once again a beautiful piece.

Very creative!

John

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harrysin

You don't need a beginner in turning like me to tell you how beautiful it is Mitch BUT, why O why won't you share your secrets by way of photo shoots like Chippypah, AxlMyk, Challagan and others including yours truly?

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Harry

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Mitch12

Pete
Once again, thanks Pete and you are ever so right in saying it is fun to push the boundaries of the turnings thickness.I concentrated on this thickness on this bowl to the exclusion of everything else that day. When I said to myself, that is all the turning I will do on this piece and I first miked the thickness, I got such a rush it is hard to explain. Euphoria and all that. I realized that one more cut with my gouge and this bowl would of exploded in my face. Exciting? Yes, Even more exciting though is the kind way each and every one of you gentlemen on this forum received my presentation.Your all the best. Mitch

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John
Thank you John. I think creativity is something we all strive for but only accomplish occasionally. Mitch

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Harry
First off Harry it's been a while since I heard from you and my thanks for your reply's here and a it is nice to hear from you again. I been following your turning adventures though. I think I started that taking several pictures and explaining as you go along what it is each picture represents. This is at your insistance though if you remember when I turned that large wet pine vase? Is this what your referring to here Harry? I promise to try to remember to do it again next turning if it would please you. As far as sharing any secrets with everyone I would share anything you would want me to if you asked. That would be as much fun as the actual turning.Don't forget I am a pretty new turner myself, at 11/2 years turning experience, secrets are not plentiful. I believe I know what you mean now and will try. Again, I am very happy for the way your turning career is playing out for you. I loved the clocks, both of them. What impressed me was you figured you made a mistake on drilling the face plate hole so you did it over. I like that kind of stuff because things don't always go perfect. Mitch

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Harry
Thank you. I will try to do what you ask. Let me explain here why this approach to turning this bowl wouldn't work on this particular turning. Not too far into turning this bowl I decided to go for extreme thinness of the bowls body. I concentrated on nothing else that day but not breaking the bowl. On each pass I made sure the gouge was placed at the bark end of the bowl and it had to cut, in one continuous cut from the bark to the center of the piece, nothing else would work. I counted every cut and they all cut perfectly because of determined concentration. If I put the chisel down and took a picture. Bamm, I would of broke the piece. If I had several half strokes in there it would of broke. Only took me an hour or so to actually turn this bowl but the secret, as you said is, concentration to the extreme. Good practice too Harry, as one continuous cut will always give you a superior finish. Try it. Mitch

harrysin

Thanks for your reply Mitch. What I have in mind is showing how the blank was mounted,a shot or two during the turning but at the end of a cut when the chisel is no longer in contact with the wood, followed by one showing how it was re-mounted to turn the inside. It would also be nice to know what tools were used. I look forward with anticipation to your next project as I know many other viewers do.
I really don't mind being thought of as a pain in the backside by pushing this theme because I get a great deal of satisfaction when I see the results plus of course the knowledge that photo-shoots impart.

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Harry

The best advice that I can give a newcomer to routing is, learn to use the router mounted, this can be as simple as a board held in a vice, with the router firmly attached and a simple fence held with clamps, and when he/she feels competant and confident in it's use and is familiar with all aspects of safety, THEN, and only then proceed to learn how to use the router hand held. This is MY opinion, and may or may not coincide with that of the forum management, but is based on a lifetime of woodworking.


http://members.dodo.com.au/~sharry02/

Glenmore

Mitch another great piece of turning. Really nice one.

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