1st real bowl

[TonyMilner]

5 in x 2 in. Quarter sawn English oak, a very hard & dense blank to turn. After trying all my tools (rather aggressive in such a small piece) I used my Sorby micro modular toolset on it and I must say that they worked a treat - the tiny hollowing tool removes a fair amount of wood without ripping & the shear scraper gives a lovely finish. The finish was sanding sealer followed by Yorkshire grit, standard & microfine I've got a 6in. Ash blank to do next, but I think I'll leave that for a week or two and concentrate on building up a stock of pens.

I think that 6 to 7 in. is the biggest bowl size I could turn as all Mini lathes are rather underpowered for anything bigger, mine is a Charnwood W815, I expected this but at least I've proved to myself that I can do some decent work on it.

 

[Garno]

I think for a first bowl you have done a great job, I have switched over to using carbide and find it so much easier than using normal turning chisels.
How many finishing layer did you do?

 

[Dalboy]

Nice little bowl. Oak can be very hard to turn, I still have loads to do once I sort out the new workshop and had a play with some new machines.

 

[TonyMilner]

I think for a first bowl you have done a great job, I have switched over to using carbide and find it so much easier than using normal turning chisels.
How many finishing layer did you do?

1 coat of sanding sealer denibbed with wire wool then 1 coat of Yorkshire grit standard (black box) + 1 coat of Yorkshire grit microfine both well polished in at about 1500 rpm.

 

[Geoff Kent]

Very nice for a first bowl.To get rid of the little scratches(if thats what they are),get the best finish you can with the tools,then work through the sanding grits.I generally start with 180 and go through to 600.Always clean the sanding dust off between grades.Hope this helps.

 

[Bill Mooney]

A very nice little bowl. Be careful of using wire wool especially on oak as little fibres of wool can gat caught in the grain & will shine when you finish the bowl. You can Denib by very lightly sanding with the same grit abrasive as you used to finish your sanding. Usually a bowl only needs to be sanded to 400 grit then burnish with a handful of shavings before applying your sanding sealer.

 

[Penpal]

Substantial thicknessing and very handy bowl Tony.

 

[flexi]

That looks a great little bowl for a first attempt, well done

 

[pittswood]

A very nice and clean looking bowl. I also like Quarter sawn wood, especially oak.
Good job.
Kelvin