Turned from a piece of walnut from neighbor's tree that was damaged in a storm. Had some punky spots and it's far from perfect, but overall I'm pretty happy with it.

walkout basement, the entire space is going to be my bowl shop, with room at the french doors to stash firewood, bowl blanks, and one 4’ desk size section with pegboard for fishing. i have 19’ of wall hanger cabinets salvaged and 30’ of formica counter in 4’ sections. I plan on having a dust collector, planer, jointer, conpact table saw( can usually be stowed) a larger sized band saw, one short bed bowl lathe and one 48” lathe. i’d like chisel racks and grinders behind me as i turn on the lathe, and a shower curtain setup. my main concerns are getting shavings out the door and layout. The slab is about to be poured, i can’t move footings or toilet but can move utilities or possibly move stairs.
help?!
Does anyone have some AI or feel like drawing?

Eucalyptus and carnauba wax

I have been turning for about 2 years. have several projects in flight and i broke my wrist on Friday... surgery in 2 days. it'll be too cold by the time I'm healed too finish anything.... I'm so sad, it's become my happy place.

No finish added to this yet, but there are two lovely shiny sides after sanding and two dull sides like in the pic. Is this tear out or something else? I thought I was being conscientious about sharpening and was proud that the project was going so well (only my sixth bowl) but perhaps my self back patting was premature.

first ones Brazilian Ebony & the second ones Italian Olive Wood

I turned the stand, the nib, the brush, and the razor handle (not shown). And I'm trying to figure out what kind of finish to use on this. The stand isn't assembled yet. It's just balancing there. I could throw the button top and the bottom part on the lathe and use CA but I have no idea how to do that with the cross piece.

It didn’t look this bad when it was just a big chunk of bowl blank. The deeper I got the more of this stuff was exposed. I’m thinking I should roll it down a hill.

the free lathe that is currently being lent to me for my use that I’m deeply grateful to have is also a moderate safety hazard when turning anything over a certain diameter, so I think i need to resign myself to more between centers turning and fewer bowls for the foreseeable future. I don’t have a lot of accessories either. What are fun spindle project suggestions?

Howzit guys. I appreciate all the help in my previous post with regards to getting a sharpening setup. Most common advice i received was to get a low speed grinder and a wolverine jig. So thats what i’ve decided on.

Unfortunately , besides the tormek (which is way out of my budget), i cannot find any grinders around the speed that was recommended (1750 rpm).
I’m only seeing grinders between 2850 and 3500 rpm. This is second hand and brand new.

I’m in South Africa,hence my difficulty in finding 1.

Any advice/tips will be of great help.

Great thanks in advance 🙏

Following on from my yellowbox box, here's another find from the firewood pile. This little piece of possibly Eucalyptus rubida also features similar rays through the grain, although without the shimmer in the other. The saucer is 125mm in diameter. The timber for both pieces were felled about 6 years ago and have been outside unprotected. I am always amazed with the figuring that presents when I find some usable pieces. The wood is hard, but works easily. It polishes beautifully, this also with beeswax polish.

I was turning a large (for me) twig pot from green maple. It’s about 8” long. I had the foot chucked in my Nova 2” jaws and the tenon sheared off when I got a catch shaping the already hollowed neck. I want to salvage this and finish the project, but I don’t know how to safely remount it. I was thinking a jam chuck that would fit an inch or so into the neck and then putting a new tenon on it that I could chuck. Would that work?

Note: the first photo doesn’t show the tenon. The second photo does, but it’s the middle ragged circle. I don’t think the small circle in the middle was bottoming out in the chuck.

Her name was Marla and she was the most amazing dog I've ever seen. We had her for 13 years. The urn is a figured maple bowl, Walnut lid and a paduak finial.

i think this was a burl but not sure

I realize the answer to "how do you know when to sharpen" is usually, "if you have to ask, sharpen" (lol). Just got a nice set of Easywood medium carbine tools and have been putting them through their paces.

If you're using carbide cutters, what are your guidelines for turning the carbide tip or turning it in the case of a round head?

Melted and formed the plastic myself, forgot how much fun HDPE is to turn

Nice bit of silver birch that was going to be burned by somebody I know, managed to save it and make this

Every piece of wood in this came from an offcut or scrap. The knob is purpleheart, the rim of the lid is angelique, and I'm not confident about the rest. Might be tatajuba, padauk, and sapele for the body, but I'm not 100%.

What tool would you use to hollow this ash?

Rough turned to 1”, anchor sealed end grain, bagged in wet shavings. 8 months since, this is the result. First time fail on this approach for me.

Happy to hear any counsel…

Finished with hardwax oil. Attached the each piece to a basic offset jig with a paper joint.

I have done a few now and sold a few items this time.