Hey Y'all

I'm sorry, I'm gittin' oldish an don't see things as straight as I useta. I'm gonna guess that the inside is causing troubles. I have always told my students not to use a spindle gouge on the inside of a bowl, even though some well known turners say otherwise. The thing they don't tell is that they do not use a standard grind. If you can do spindle work, working the outside of a bowl is very similar. If you don't have one yet, try grinding one of your bowl gouges in an Elsworth or Irish grind. It is much more forgiving.

Hope this helps.

Bruce

I can give you a pointer on turning bowls.... Put a chunk of wood on the lathe and turn away anything that isn't a bowl... works for me.

Chuck Ellis said:

I can give you a pointer on turning bowls.... Put a chunk of wood on the lathe and turn away anything that isn't a bowl... works for me.

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I tried that Chuck. But it seems that my idea of what a bowl looks like and the piece of woods idea of what a bowl looks like are entirely different.

James