1st bowl of 2016
john lucas
I don't know what wood this is. A friend stopped by to ask about how I use the Stewart Batty grind bowl gouge so I just grabbed this roughed out blank out of the woodshed and started turning. It was challenging. flexed a lot more than most woods when turning it moderately thin. It's hair less than 1/4". Took an extremely light touch on the bevel to get a chatter free cut.
It's about 8" in diameter. I missed the shape just a hair. If you look close at the lower photo you will see the curve flattens out about 3/4 of the way to the bottom. Hopefully I will pay more attention on the next bowls. 
