3 legged bowl

[chuck1]

Had some creative shed time.
it about 250 diameter and 70 mm deep
champhor for bowl and ebonised hardwood for the legs.

turned back of bowl on faceplate
then chucked to turn inside and sand
re-chucked on longworth to turn recess off and final shape , sand
marked out for drilling holes for 3 legs
its had 3 coats of minwax wop
thanks for looking

[smiife]

Hi charlie,
Looks good mate , well done
I always like working with CL smells great too!

[powderpost]

Chuck, I know you didn't ask for comment, but I will stick my neck out. Something, in my eye, doesn't quite fit. Maybe if the legs were in further in under the bowl and not quite so dark, they would blend better??? Perhaps if you fitted square tapered legs under the rim in the same timber and fitted ears to the top of the legs, like water flowing over the edge???

Hope you don't mind my comments, just my thoughts. Still a nice job..

Jim

[chuck1]

Thanks smiife, great to turn in the cooler months.

thanks jim, any comments always welcome , I feel switched on with spindle turning but lack inspiration with bowls. The legs were an after thought from something I saw on a turning site
with the bowl having some black stains I thought 3 black legs might look ok , also making the bottom of the bowl more sphere shaped made it fairly unstable.
Maybe some spoon foot legs?!
Dont ever get worried about comments about my turning that's why I post photos. Everyone has didderent ideas , it would be a boring world if we were all the same!
i think my photos have improved with thanks to smiife. At least a little bit . Stop shaking your head!

[powderpost]

Maybe some spoon foot legs?

That is an even better idea..

Jim

[elderly]

It is a nicely turned bowl but I have to agree with Jim about there being a problem with the legs. The recess around the inside of the top of the bowl does not look right to me. It looks like it is a recess for a lid. Just my thoughts.
Cheers Frank.

[Christos]

I like the bow shape and the legs. I am not sure that the legs need to be thicker?

I am thinking that the recess needs to be wider and the lip of the bowl lower and thinner.

[chuck1]

Thanks for the ideas, I was going to go thinner with a spoon foot for the legs, as for the inside of the bowl the shape will have to stay as I don't have a vacuum chuck. But time will permit a lid for the bowl.
thanks to all for the comments.
Stay tuned for the updated additions now a wip! :$

[elderly]

Why do you need a vacuum chuck? There are lots of ways to finish the bottom without one.
Cheers Frank

[Christos]

..... as for the inside of the bowl the shape will have to stay as I don't have a vacuum chuck. .....

The comments are for the next one you create in a similar style. If you are like me you would create something similar in the next piece with a slight variation.

[chuck1]

Well the legs are not glued in so I might play around with some different shapes. And same for a lid for this one, if it works out it can stay with this one!

[chuck1]

Why do you need a vacuum chuck? There are lots of ways to finish the bottom without one.
Cheers Frank

Sorry I meant for the inside as I have turned the recess off the bottom .

[chuck1]

New legs spoon foot drumsticks I've called them , I think they look better!

[Christos]

Very different and they do look better. They sort of blend in with the piece.

[chuck1]

The tapered legs were to big.