LEARNING

So way back in September when I got sick, I had this cool piece of wood loaded to turn into a bowl.  Ten months later, and I am finally getting back to it with some help from my grandson!

This is a knot of Live Oak and as hard as a rock!  It has cool grain and I could 'see' a very primitive bowl when I originally loaded it.  Unfortunately, it has languished.  Well, David helped me clean up the long unused lathe area but first-

he told me I needed a hand grinder with a carving wheel to help make this job possible!  Hooray for Amazon!

He carved out a lot of the unwanted wood and showed me how to use the tool.  I gained confidence as I worked and appreciated his strength to spell me as I tired a lot quicker than he did!

In no time, the bowl I envisioned began to emerge!

I then had the pleasure of teaching him the technique for using a bowl gouge to hollow out the bowl portion of the piece.  

He was used to working with a metal lathe and there was a little bit of a learning curve but he is a very handy young man and picked it up in no time--especially when this was such a bear of a piece to learn on!  I hope to have this finished for my post on Wednesday !  

Today we head to church and then will pick up some Chinese take-out on the way home!