Gav
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Here's another attempt at a bowl.
It's Zebrano, it's to be used (by me) as a shaving bowl for lathering up (insert own joke here) and all in all I'm frustrated.
This was not an enjoyable project, it felt Like I was fighting it the whole way.
My lathe, the tools, sanding, chucking, each stage seemed to go pear shaped somehow. So what I have is a rescue job, that is the right shape that I ws looking for, but has many, many flaws, which is plain to see.
So, Here are the pictures, warts and all.
The parts that took a finish, I'm happy with, but I could not get rid of those pesky tool marks.
I don't have a bowl sanding system yet, but will invest, however, I don't want to be sanding as much as I did with this one, and it still ended up like that.
My chisels are reasonably sharp, 1/4 bowl gouge and 1" round nosed scraper, but at time it felt I wasn't cutting at all, no matter where I was holding the tool.
Not too much vibration from my lathe, but there is a definite wobble coming from the chuck, how much of an impact will this have?
Sorry, bit of a rant there, but I'd love to hear any advice you may have as to how I go about improving, even if it is 'go back to rugby!'
It's Zebrano, it's to be used (by me) as a shaving bowl for lathering up (insert own joke here) and all in all I'm frustrated.
This was not an enjoyable project, it felt Like I was fighting it the whole way.
My lathe, the tools, sanding, chucking, each stage seemed to go pear shaped somehow. So what I have is a rescue job, that is the right shape that I ws looking for, but has many, many flaws, which is plain to see.
So, Here are the pictures, warts and all.
The parts that took a finish, I'm happy with, but I could not get rid of those pesky tool marks.
I don't have a bowl sanding system yet, but will invest, however, I don't want to be sanding as much as I did with this one, and it still ended up like that.
My chisels are reasonably sharp, 1/4 bowl gouge and 1" round nosed scraper, but at time it felt I wasn't cutting at all, no matter where I was holding the tool.
Not too much vibration from my lathe, but there is a definite wobble coming from the chuck, how much of an impact will this have?
Sorry, bit of a rant there, but I'd love to hear any advice you may have as to how I go about improving, even if it is 'go back to rugby!'