In article , Dr. Deb
debsmail@mon-cre wrote:

A good rule of thumb is to turn a couple of bowls with shallow depths, just
to get the feel of the tool. Once you get that down, get more
experiemental.

That's great advice, and exactly how I learned.

I was watching a youtube vid today about turning a natural edge bowl,
where he'd rounded the heel of his bowl gouge to effectively improve
the curve from bottom to wall... Neat trick.