{"id":119,"date":"2018-11-04T20:56:48","date_gmt":"2018-11-04T20:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/?p=119"},"modified":"2018-11-04T20:56:48","modified_gmt":"2018-11-04T20:56:48","slug":"two-bowls-shavings-and-sawdust-a-new-therapy-skill-and-hobby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/?p=119","title":{"rendered":"Two bowls &#8230; shavings and sawdust &#8230; a new therapy, skill and hobby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have recently joined the Hampshire Woodturners Association (HWA).<\/p>\n<p>One of the machines that I inherited from my Dad was a wood turning lathe and, not having done any wood turning since my mid teens at school, I decided that I would make use of the lathe and do some turning. \u00a0Happily, a retired patient of mine, who I have known for many years, is a very keen and accomplished amateur wood turner. \u00a0Richard has taken me under his wing, keen to get me started with wood turning, and we have done a few projects together, most notably a housing for the brass porthole in my office door.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-129 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC08367-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-134\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC08372-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At a recent HWA meeting, I won a couple of beech &#8216;blanks&#8217; in the raffle and, having bought some tool sharpening tools, dust extraction and other protective gear, I have now turned them up into a couple of bowls. Aficionados will spot not only the progression of technique\/?ability from my first solo bowl to the second but will no doubt, have some useful criticism to make. \u00a0Anyhow, I am pleased with my efforts, and glad to have started this new craft and skill. \u00a0It feels like another step in moving forward &#8230; moving on. \u00a0I must say, that when I am at the wood lathe, making shavings and sawdust, everything else goes out of my mind &#8230; it&#8217;s really therapeutic.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This first, a highly figured, bowl, is turned from spalted beech, where fungus has infiltrated the grain &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewoodplace.com\/wood-types\/spalted-beech\/\">\u00a0https:\/\/www.thewoodplace.com\/wood-types\/spalted-beech. <\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-120\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC08358-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-127\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC08364-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-126\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC08365-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The second bowl, is also beech, but this one not spalted.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-125\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC08363-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-124\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC08362-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Patience please &#8230; it&#8217;s too early for commissions! \u00a0Anyway, I hope you like the attached photos.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow is the November HWA monthly meeting, and I will take these first two solo efforts, to see what the experts think, and to learn what I can do to improve.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have recently joined the Hampshire Woodturners Association (HWA). 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