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vtsteam:
Nice! :thumbup: :clap:

Powder Keg:
I tried a couple more things yesterday. I am starting to get the hang of shear cutting.

I also turned a couple goblets. These were fun! I'll be making a few more. 3" in diameter and 4" tall.

~Wes~

Powder Keg:
Last weekend I was given a couple large pieces of Honey Locust. I was finally able to spin it and find out what was hid inside this big piece of wood. The tree was half dead.

I cut the log in half and marked how I was going to cut it up.

I then trimmed up the corners a little with my chainsaw.

A friend of mine has a big homemade lathe. I took the chunk over to his place to turn it. Here it is set up between centers.

There was kind of a flat spot on one side. That made the bowl a little shallower than I had planned.

A lot of the time the shape of the log will determine the shape of the bowl. I was careful to leave the piece as big as I could. Once I got to this size I started refining the shape a little.

Once I got it looking good I added a couple beads. They make it look pretty nice.

I then turned it around and scooped out the inside. I'll post pictures of the finished bowl tomorrow. I ran out of light today. It ended up being 14 1/2" in diameter.

Thanks for watching:o)

~Wes~

Brass_Machine:
Wow Wes...

I haven't looked in a long time. Very nice work... I am super impressed. :bow:

Eric

dsquire:
Hi Wes

Looking very nice indeed. I can just imagine the fun that you are having watching those bowls and goblets pop out of the wood pile.

That looks like a very sturdy lathe that your friend has built for the big stuff. Thanks for sharing this with us. :D :D

Cheers :beer:

Don

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