Bowls

[Fran1942]

I have had Carols book now for about 1 1/2 years and finally tried some of the basic bowls. These are fun and so easy to do with Carols instructions. I will try for some of the more "fancy" ones later on. I used wrc on two and aromatic cedar on the other two.
Any comments are welcome.
Fran

[rippersmom]

Those turned out really nice, Fran.

Nancy in AZ

[DWSudekum]

Those turned out very nicely Fran. Thanks for sharing them with us.

DW

[DWSudekum]

Nicely Done. Thanks for sharing it with us.

DW

[Stefang]

Well done on these bowls Fran. They look super. The wood tones really sing.

Mike

[handibunny]

Now aren't you sorry you waited so long?

They look great, Fran, and no one would guess they were your first. And I think the more you get into bowls, especially the "fancy stuff", the more fun you'll have.

Way to go! Congratulations on a great start.

[Fran1942]

Thanks everyone for the compliments.

Carol, I have wanted to jump in and make these since getting the book, but "life happens" I was so busy with other things at the time, I put it off for awhile. Then last year (April 2011) I found out I was highly allergic to yellowheart after breathing a bit of the dust and just in the last 3 months been able to really do anything in the shop.
Fran

[Jan]

Excellent work, Girlfriend!!!!!! You did well and the cedar is outstanding.

Jan

[Rolf]

The grain really make them POP! Nice work.

[Hawaiilad]

Very nice Fran. I have made a few of those bowls from Redwood...I am very allergic to Cedar...the end results were about the same look.

[western.flyer]

Very very nice. I've never been able to make a bowl come out right.

[bstark]

Wow very cool! I have the book too but I haven't dared to try on yet.

[Fran1942]

Western Flier, What kind of problems have you had? Carol and the other people here will surely help you. He,he,he, I trashed 3 before I got my angle just right. But I had made them from pine, so no great loss.
Fran

[western.flyer]

I think my problem is I can't get the angle right. With my Porter Cable saw the table will tilt but it is had to adjust unless you want a 15 30 or 45 degree angle.

[handibunny]

Western Flyer, if you use some sort of external angle guide, like a Wixey or a homemade device (Rolf has one, I believe), you may be able to solve your problem. And if you're stuck with 30˚, let me know and I'll help you figure out something to get you started.