bowls

Well this weekend was I managed to collect this little lot maybe not to everyone's taste The first is leather boot laces for stitching up bowls. The second is the jig that I spoke about in another thread, third is a router type tool forth is a book with loads of ideas in and the following...

Shall I try again.... if it does not work this time all I can say you don’t know what your missing it’s simply stunning... Lol Thought I would share my latest activity... It’s basically two bowls and a spindle.. This is my prototype... out for user testing in the garden... I cannot take...

Thought I would share my latest activity... It’s basically two bowls and a spindle.. This is my prototype... out for user testing in the garden... I cannot take credit for the idea that was sparked by a trawl of Pinterest... But here is my version... lots to improve on but great fun... give...

Not sure if this should be in this section but it does pertain to bowl turning, if it should be somewhere else perhaps a mod could move it, and apologies. I have found a Arborist in West malling Kent, his name is Warren and his mobile is 07828 190 066 He's a really nice guy to deal with and...

Well half good and half bad day. Thought I would turn two bowls today all started great remounted the first and returned the foot and outside stopped for a cuppa sat at the computer and it crashed big time. Spent the day re-booting to factory setting so this took the whole day so while...

One of the latest bowls i've turned a few days ago. 30 cm dia and 8 cm high. Finished with foodsafe oil.

Hi everyone, Just a quick note to say hello an introduce myself. I am a reasonably new turner and have been turning boxes, wands, bowls since last summer on and off, due to house extension work. I got a pen mandrel from Santa this year and have just started using it so thought I would find a...

I have been offered some Hazel wood for free, they will be about 8in diameter. Is Hazel good for bowls.

Thanks for accepting me into this forum. I have been turning for about 4 years now and only recently started turning pens. I've turned 2 to be exact! I found it relaxing! Although I prefer to turn bowls, platters, hollow forms etc. I hope to get a lot of information from this forum and connect...

Well for me the year starts today as I have just completed all the jobs from last year. Been out in the wood store and pulled out some bits and pieces and brought them into the house to do some final drying as they are things like boxes. I also picked out a couple of blanks for some pens. Just...

I went for a walk today near where i live, the wooded area is being turned back to heathland as it was years before. All the spruce trees have been cut down, i found three bits that i think would be suitable for small bowls. Anyone know what it's like to turn. There is loads of suitable bits...

I took delivery of a few wee bits of Chestnut this morning 20" x 3" now I have a dilemma I have a stamp video to finish and 4 x 8" bowls to make then this lot turned up so what to do first those of you that really know me know I just love turning big bowls but I have promised to finish the video...

Yet another two spalted bowls for my stall restock nearly finished after the last event.

Having been convinced by a friend,over a weekend fuelled by red wine and good food,that I really,really,needed to buy a Myford ML8 and restore it,here I am. My original idea was to make bowls and hollow forms but I seem to have got side-tracked into pens-which I am enjoying. I'm looking fwd to...

Some of my Robinia bowls this is such a nice wood yet we dont see a lot of it around these are from a tree that was cut back on a friends land

Hi I haven't done much turning with bowls I have a piece of spalted beech which I am trying to turn I made sure I had sharp tools before I started and had the speed about 900rpm to turn it round (was cut on bandsaw to a rough round) but all I keep getting are nasty catches I tried it on a...

Two bowls I made this week One is Beech the other i think is Ash not sure

Thinking of dipping my toe into casting:thinks: need to do a costing first :thinks: Please can you you tell me what I need to start with and where from :rolling: I intended to do bowls with odd bits of wood etc. I would be grateful for your help :praying:

Two Oak bowls for our veterans one a better remake of yesterdays one with hammered ally insert because I wasn't happy with yesterday's one this one will be going to Bill for Blind veterans UK instead of yesterdays one. The other one has a decorated corian insert which I hope will be used as a...