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Finished the little bay bowl

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Finished the little bay bowl

Don Henthorn

>In spite of the fact that most of my turning equipment is packed away for our hoped for move I tried turning a small bowl with a 1/2" scraper, a 1/2" skew, and a parting tool. Of course I have no suitable arrangement for photos either, but thought I would post some pics of the pitiful little thing. Took the pictures outside in full shade on a buff background. Where did all the blue come from? Had no finish materials but some blond shellac flakes that had melted into a clump from the heat of storage. Had trouble with that because I first mixed it up way to heavy. The thing was made from a little piece of California Laurel and is 4 1/2" wide by 1 1/2" deep.























Sorry for the poor pictures

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Two more views

Don Henthorn

>Couldn't get them all in one post for some reason.























Too much but that's all.

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Mike Rubes, Apex, NC

>Hi Don,

Nice bowl. Looks like you don't need those other turning tools as you seemed to do fine on this bowl without them :)

Nice finish on it as well.

Thanks for the pics,

Mike

Watched the sunrise in Apex, NC

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RonZ

>The bowl turned out great for the tools that you used. Shhhh.... don't tell anyone that that is how they used to make stuff on the lathe for a good 1000 years or more.

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