From firewood to bowl

[Wolverine]

My first crack @ bowl turning on the lathe.

It's not perfect, but was a great learning experience. I'm hooked!
Had so much fun, I have another one in the works.

 

[czar800]

Looks great!

 

[czar800]

Now I need a lathe....

 

[Agent Orange]

Damn fine work!

 

[P.M.P.]

YOU ROCK

 

[cantgitright]

silver maple?

 

[Wolverine]

Thanks!
And yep it is. My neighbor had a large one taken down last year when we had a public sewer system put in. The crew let me have it for firewood and I noticed a lot of it was curly, + I ran into some spalting. Some darn awesome stuff!

 

[quietfly]

AWESOME job !!!

 

[quietfly]

what type of lathe?

 

[Wolverine]

My dad has the Duracraft/Craftsman and I found one exactly like it on craigslist. Paid $80 and got a full set of tools to boot. I don't have pics, but it looks like this:

 

[quietfly]

thats one sweet deal.... congrats!!!

 

[beaglebriar]

Looks great!