Today is the final installment of the salad bowl adventure.

As we all know, "the best laid plans of mice and men...." and this project was no exception. The final design of the salad bowl ended up being a fruit bowl due to my impatience and a nasty catch with the gouge.

My foray into microwave drying was not as successful as I had hoped- again probably due to my impatience- the bowl developed some checking on the bottom. Hopefully they will not affect the integrity of the piece.

All lessons learned and added to the "next time" list.

The bowl currently resides on Mimi's dining room table and is filled with red and yellow tomatos (yes, they are fruits).

Until next time- Safe Turning.

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Lew Kauffman-
Wood Turners Forum Host

Time traveler. Purveyor of the world's finest custom rolling pins!

Lew, it's beautiful man!!!!! All the setback aside, this is what it's all about.

I have been trying my hand at pottery lately, we bought a wheel awhile back and me and the kids have been trying it out and making bowls and what nots. I typically start with a 2 lb chunk of clay and the best I have been able to come up with is something the size of a toothpick holder!

Your story reminded me of that.

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

John, Thanks for the very kind words!!

Back in the '90s, I was coerced into getting a degree. My background (and teaching career) has always been in electronics and computers. So naturally, to become a better instructor- in that area- I needed to take 2 courses in "the arts". One of the courses I ended up taking was a pottery class. It didn't make me a better teacher but it was a blast! Nothing was never wasted, like in wood turning. Just mush it all back together and try again! Sometimes I think- if I didn't have so much invested in woodworking tools- I'd probably do the pottery thing!

 
John Morris said:

Lew, it's beautiful man!!!!! All the setback aside, this is what it's all about.

I have been trying my hand at pottery lately, we bought a wheel awhile back and me and the kids have been trying it out and making bowls and what nots. I typically start with a 2 lb chunk of clay and the best I have been able to come up with is something the size of a toothpick holder!

Your story reminded me of that.

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

Works great!!!!! If you want you can scale that down too, to look more like a logo, but only if you wanted. I did not know if you knew how.

Lewis Kauffman said:

test

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Lew Kauffman-
Wood Turners Forum Host

Time Traveler and Purveyor of the Universe's Finest Custom Rolling Pins!

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

Think I got it

John Morris said:

Works great!!!!! If you want you can scale that down too, to look more like a logo, but only if you wanted. I did not know if you knew how.

Lewis Kauffman said:

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

Now that's too small!!!

Lewis Kauffman said:

Think I got it

John Morris said:

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

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Lew Kauffman-
Wood Turners Forum Host

Time Traveler and Purveyor of the Universe's Finest Custom Rolling Pins!

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker