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"John \(NC\)" wrote:

Please checkout the pictures (alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking) and give me
some feedback.

If I recall, you posted the pics of the cedar bowl along with 2
anothers? That shallow cedar was quite striking (I believe it as the
second picture) - you did a great job placing the heartwood between the
sapwood edges. For beginning efforts, you're off to a great start. I'd
comment to make the exterior more bowl shaped and less inverted cone -
i.e. round the underside of the exterior more to make it less straight.
Otherwise, I wish my first efforts were as attractive.

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Owen Lowe

Northwest Woodturners
Pacific Northwest Woodturning Guild
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Tips fer Turnin': Place a sign, easily seen as you switch on your lathe, warning you to remove any and all rings from your fingers. Called degloving, extended hardware can grab your ring and rip it off your finger. A pic for the strong of stomach: www.itim.nsw.gov.au/go/objectid/2A3AC703-1321-1C29-70B067DC88E16BFC/index.cfm

Besides, rings can easily mar the surface of a turning as you check for finished smoothness.