Figured doing the 2nd turning on some bowls from several years ago would be a good way to get back into bowls. Wrong. First of all, am realizing that way back then, I turned bowls with no organized idea of how to do it, or how to progress from easiest to not-so-easy as suggested and described in this thread . Anyhow, doing turn-2 on the bowl below went pretty well, and then all of a sudden it didn't. The outside wasn't too hard, the inside went well a few passes through, and then I had a catch-and-dig about 3/16" below the rim and couldn't seem to get much done after that. Working from the rim down is tricky, of course, and I have the feeling that the shape I left the rim in after the first turning (when green) might be making it harder.
Also am thinking I might be swimming upstream on that interior with the bowl gouges I have (at my skill level). I have a Schweitzer 3/8" and a no-name 3/8", both with fairly swept-back wings. And a 1/2" gouge with very blunt traditional grind -- worked great going across the bottom, it's rather small and I'm not sure the grind is right, may be too blunt. [oh, and that severe-Vee gouge, not a chance of using that).
Have a much smaller bowl, very steep, that I might work on tomorrow. Most of the bowls I roughed out unsupervised and unmentored have steep sides and small bottoms. So, good news is -- am getting together with an AAW mentor nearby next week, taking the 5 bowls, all my tools, he'll get me straightened out!
As you can see, I had a catch right on the rim also. Many of the scribed lines inside the bowl weren't from actually turning, but more from me playing with the gouge on the bowl while hand-turning, trying to firm up an approach.
Also am thinking I might be swimming upstream on that interior with the bowl gouges I have (at my skill level). I have a Schweitzer 3/8" and a no-name 3/8", both with fairly swept-back wings. And a 1/2" gouge with very blunt traditional grind -- worked great going across the bottom, it's rather small and I'm not sure the grind is right, may be too blunt. [oh, and that severe-Vee gouge, not a chance of using that).
Have a much smaller bowl, very steep, that I might work on tomorrow. Most of the bowls I roughed out unsupervised and unmentored have steep sides and small bottoms. So, good news is -- am getting together with an AAW mentor nearby next week, taking the 5 bowls, all my tools, he'll get me straightened out!
As you can see, I had a catch right on the rim also. Many of the scribed lines inside the bowl weren't from actually turning, but more from me playing with the gouge on the bowl while hand-turning, trying to firm up an approach.
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