Aspen Bowl II

It is now far enough along to consider it a bowl, at least in general shape.
I cut the blank into a cylinder on the band saw last night and mounted it on the lathe and started turning it.
As you can see the rough turning generates lots of shavings.

First I turned the outside to the general shape I want with the tailstock firmly in place. The tailstock helps stabilze the blank at this stage until some of the bulk and weight is removed.

I also started turning the interior, trying to remove as much of the bulk as possible before I remove the tailstock.

I've went as far as I safely can with the tailstock in place and removed it this morning. Today I will remove the interior and try to make the walls of the bowl about 1/4" thick. But first I have to clean this place up a little so that I can see what I am doing. With this drought still going on the wood shavings and scraps are growing at an alarming rate and I cannot burn it because of how dry everything is. We NEED some rain, about 5 days of continuous downpour will do nicely, to start.

OK, I cleaned up a little and will start turning more of the inside in a little bit and may post more pictures later today. 

Of course when this bowl is completed it will be available for purchase over at the Brown County Shops website.

Stay tuned. Same Bat time, same bat channel.