AgreedNo... It's perfect as is.
I think I can wrap my head around how you did that. However I may be visualizing it wrong. Very cool either way.
Very cool and it is definitely showing your turning skills.
Very cool looking shaving bowl. What are you going to use to waterproof it with?
Thanks guys. For the non-turners, this was a bit of a joke when I said I turned half a bowl and I’m sure the turners got it Bowls are turned in the round direction so to turn half of one would be an interesting challenge of pulling the tool out and putting it back to only cut half of a revolution at high RPM.....which is probably not humanly possible.
I am not cleaver enough or artistic enough to come up with anything like this and it is called an emerging bowl turning. They looked cool to me so I thought I would give one a try. You first turn half of a sphere on a block and then split that in half on a bandsaw. Then remount on a faceplate sideways to face the top to create the rim and then hollow the bowl.
I don’t think I’ll actually use it as a shave bowl. I am a scuttle guy and that is a trick turning I can’t yet figure out. I do think it is pretty cool looking and it sits dead flat naturally. I could seal in various ways for wet use but not sure if I will or not.
I do have the other half/twin out in the shop I split off.........
Curious what your guess was to this turner’s puzzle
Your above description pretty much describes what I envisioned. You must have a pretty good size lathe to handle that much imbalance. What kind of RPM is this kind of work done at?
Wish I had been smart enough to put on my biggest lathe (3ph fay-egan 400 from about 1920-30)....but I did that facing work on my smallest lathe (laguna 1216) at snail speed of about 4-500. Lathe is well mounted on heavy base but was certainly a little challenging. It is my only modern wood lathe and the one that I use mostly so just jumped on it like normal. I guess the challenge is what I was after and it was what I received I kept the tailstock up for all that facing and even hollowed the bowl out around the tailstock leaving a column that I slowly nibbled away after I got the bowl 99% hollowed. Fun to do and the gents here gave some interesting ideas about using the "ledge" for brushes/razors etc......so may take another crack at the other half of the blank and do something a little different.
Which bowl gouge will you prefer for a beginner?Thanks guys. For the non-turners, this was a bit of a joke when I said I turned half a bowl and I’m sure the turners got it Bowls are turned in the round direction so to turn half of one would be an interesting challenge of pulling the tool out and putting it back to only cut half of a revolution at high RPM.....which is probably not humanly possible.
I am not cleaver enough or artistic enough to come up with anything like this and it is called an emerging bowl turning. They looked cool to me so I thought I would give one a try. You first turn half of a sphere on a block and then split that in half on a bandsaw. Then remount on a faceplate sideways to face the top to create the rim and then hollow the bowl.
I don’t think I’ll actually use it as a shave bowl. I am a scuttle guy and that is a trick turning I can’t yet figure out. I do think it is pretty cool looking and it sits dead flat naturally. I could seal in various ways for wet use but not sure if I will or not.
I do have the other half/twin out in the shop I split off.........
Which bowl gouge will you prefer for a beginner?
As a beginner, I don't have much experience on woodturning know-hows. That's why I started little bit research on bowl gouge and bowl turning project ideas. On my research, I find a website reviewed different types of bowl gouge where I like this three gouges -
1. Robert Sorby 842FLH 1/2″ Fingernail Bowl Gouge
2. Yellowhammer 3 Piece Bowl Gouge Set
3. Hurricane Woodturning Bowl Gouge Set
But still unable to pick one cause I don't know which one will be good for beginners.
No... It's perfect as is.