Well, its been a pretty long time since i started working on this tea tray. in fact, it really started during the winter of 09/10, when i found some local maple that was sawn down, convinced bill to get a load of it with me, and stored it in bill’s garage for all of 2010 waiting patiently for it to dry. as you can see when i first started working on it late last year, it still had not fully dried, and got lots of…
After the great knowledge gain of turning the first bowl, i was keen to try again. i had watched some more youtube video’s, and knew what i had done wrong the first time. so off i went, but this time i thought, i should turn a smaller piece, so i can practice my turning tool handling skills. i also found it much easier to start with a round as piece as possible, and since i have a short bandsaw, and was turning a small piece,…
So…. i havent spoken much about the wood shop that I’ve been setting up with bill. anyways, i think we finally have it at the spot where we can, as ruth say: “stop organizing and buying, and start building things”. anyways, today i finally got to turn my first bowl. I’ve been working towards this for over a month. it takes a lot of work getting all your ducks in a row so that you can turn a bowl. anyways, lets start at the beginning.…