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Dave Peebles
 
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Default How long does it take?

Hi Darrell,

I heard a good line about that very subject at a meeting today. My answer
would be (52 yrs)

Feel free to insert your own number here.

Best wishes,
Dave



David Peebles
Lyons, Ohio
Revolutions Woodturning
www.bowlturner.com

"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