What I did over the holidays

[Tom Miller]

...instead of working on the loft rail and ladder project that I should have been working on.

Turned a couple of bowls, and used a gloss wiping poly finish, for the first time on a turning project. I think these are pretty much at the limit of the "plastic-y" look. Not that there's anything wrong with that....

Maple Bowl -- face glued two pieces of 8/4 maple, about 8" diameter:




Cherry Bowl -- from a large slab that I roughed for a friend on my bandsaw -- got to keep a few pieces, about 4.5" diameter:




I played around with the grind on my bowl gouge while doing these, and learned a few "do not do's" along the way.

Regards,
Tom

[siliconbauhaus]

very nice work mate

[SHADOWFOX]

Great job, Tom! Those pieces look fantabolous!!

[DonHo]

They look great. I've used wipe on polly and like the look but lately I've been using oil and bee's wax ala Richard Raffan. It's much easier and I like the look on some woods but on others I prefer other finishes.
About those "do not do's", I've pretty much got those covered but if you find any "do do's" be sure to pass them on, I need all the help I can get

DonHo

[Wood_workur]

those looks great

[Turaj]

Beautiful work Tom. Never let "should have" take you away from fun!!!

[Brian G]

Nice work, Tom. The cherry bowl is my favorite.

[John Hunter]

Very nice.

[mater]

They look very good. Beautiful work.

[onedash]

Nice. How long have you been making bowls??? Im 1-2 so far. 1 turned out 2 didnt...

[ChrisD]

Looks great, Tom. Time well spent!

[Pappy]

The subtle design on the Maple bowl is nice. The grain patterns on the Cherry make it a real eye pleaser.

[Ken Massingale]

Real nice, Tom. Nice thin walls on both. The Cherry is especially eye-catching.
ken

[boblon]

Nice work.

I find the Cherry one especially pleasing all the way around.

Looks great.

BobL.

[lrogers]

Very nice turnings.