New Walnut Bowl

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Chris K in MD

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Chris K in MD

>This was the second thing that I ever vac chucked, I like it ALOT!

Cameras

Robert Cox

>Do what I do for work. Buy the best Olympus I can get for $300.

We beat the crud out of them and I've lived by that philosophy and amount for a few years now with no regrets.

2nd Bowl Paduk

Chris K in MD

>This is my 5th bowl its Paduk. Matching the internal profile was chalanging and its a little chunky as a result. Comments are welcome

Thank you for looking.

Chris K in MD

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Chris K in MD

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Bowl Paduk PIC #3

Chris K in MD

>The inner bead is 1/16" smaller than the outter ring for stability but for an effect that I like if you were to look under at the bottom.

Re: New Walnut Bowl *LINK*

Mike Schwing from Md.

>Hey I've seen those photos before. Nice work Chris. Sure have that shine thing down. You DO need a camera.

This is a pretty good camera here on ebay right now for $132 with only a few hours left.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=30010&item=7524670683&rd=1

It has an 8x OPTICAL zoom - super important. Plus it has full auto and manual modes as well as aperature and shutter priority. Those are the bells and whistles you'd look for in a camera for shooting woodturnings. It is a 3.0megapixel - plenty for what we do. Go to my website, linked below, EVERY photo there was taken with a 2.0 megapixel camera. Plenty enough for web photos. It does not say that it has an aux AC adapter but most do. (thats pretty impt)

You already have a photo tent - my old one. Then all you'd need is some lighting and a tripod.


SchwingWoodWorks

Re: New Walnut Bowl

Chris K in MD

>I have a tripod so its just the lighting and then some schooling to know what to do...

Thanks

Chris

Re: 2nd Bowl Paduk

Ed Kelle

>Thats really an interesting profile, the more I look at it, the more I like it. Nice work! How did you enjoy all that orange sanding dust? After working with Paduk, my shop looked like a big can of Tang exploded. But it sure is a nice wood.

Re: 2nd Bowl Paduk

Chris K in MD

>Thank you Ed, yeah I am still amazed at how orange the saw dust or sanding dust is. But the wood itself does not get quite as brilliant. I used my DC (in the background) and my trend airshield. The dust turned my hands and shirt pink though.

More cameras

GaryG in MD

>Chris,

I have a Minolta Dimage Z1. It lists higher, but you should be able to get it for under $300. I did, and I really love it. It's got more bells and whistles than you can imagine. It even does short movies with sound. It's a 3.2 Mpix with a 10:1 optical zoom and many modes. You'll need to buy the ac adapter separately, but if you look carefully on the web, you can get them for $15 (not the $50 you will see in most places). You'll want to get a much bigger memory chip than the 16M that comes with it. You can get 256M for around $70.

Check it out at:

www.dcresource.com/reviews/minolta/dimage_z1-review/index.shtml

Interesting bowls too!

Gary

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Bert Smith

>Chris,

Very nice for your fourth bowl! Beautiful finish also.

Bert

Re: 2nd Bowl Paduk

Gerry in Maryland

>Hey Chris,

Like em both.. Walnut one looks a bit different then when I saw it on the lathe. I like how you handled the bead detail. Hope you wife wasn't seein red after you sanded that paduk!!

Gerry