Updated 08/12/05
Turned wooden bowls are exciting to make. When the bowl is turned from wet wood that
has recently been cut, then there is a tremendous amount of long, spirally
shavings. When I turn a bowl from wet
wood, I have quite a mess in my shop but it gives me the satisfaction that I
have accomplished something. The problem
with wet wood is that it will “move” or warp in only a week or so. The way to work around this is to rough turn
the bowl to about 90% of the final dimensions and then let it dry out over
about a 6 month period. On the other
hand, dry wood can be turned to final dimensions right away. The bowls you see below are only a small
fraction of the bowls that will be available in the near future.
This is a small cedar bowl that I made from some
“hurricane wood”. It is made cross grain
which created some beautiful grain patterns.
This is a small Walnut bowl that I turned at a
Woodwork Show in
My first bowl.
This was a collaborative effort of myself and Mike Mogalevsky of the
Space Coast Wood Turners club.
