"Darrell Feltmate" wrote in message
news:aveyf.82154$AP5.10406@edtnps84...
Now there is a question I get a lot at wood shows. "How long does it take
to
turn a bowl like that?" So what kind of an answer do you give? A couple of
hours? Three or four? I turn rough and let dry so some may take a couple
of
months and some a couple of years until I get around to finish turning.
Have
they taken months, years, or 2-3 hours?
I roughed out three salad bowls from spalted birch today. Each blank was
brought inside and roughed to shape with a chain saw. All the extra pieces
were picked up and tossed in a kindling box. A screw chuck was mounted.
The
piece was mounted on the lathe. After turning each piece was coated with
anchorseal. Shavings were cleaned up and bagged for the compost pile.Tools
were sharpened frequently and at one point I remade the stop blocks for
the
sharpening jig because the wheel was worn and the angles were off.
So how did it take to rough the bowls? 45 minute each? An hour each?
What do you enlightened folks say?

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God bless and safe turning
Darrell Feltmate
Truro, NS Canada
www.aroundthewoods.com



Don't know what to tell you but................if you use baltic birch I
have about an hours worth of grinding per bowl + 2-3 hours turning. No
waiting for drying though (that is a plus). I think I would starve trying to
sell these bowls. Remember Robert Sorby says in a catalog I have from them:
"The only way to make a small fortune woodturning, is to start out with a
large one."
Unless the person buying an item has a lathe and the skills to create what
you do..........the item should be a bargain at any price (within reason)
regardless of time spent turning it.
Good Luck Lyndell