First bowl ever - Woodworking Talk

dominic16 · 10-17-2009, 10:27 PM

this is a rosewood bowl. its m first bowl. well its really not exactly a bowl more like a I dont know what it is but its kind of like a candle holder thing. just thought I would post it.

toolman Steve · 10-18-2009, 08:34 AM

good job ,

keep up the good work just have fun and keep on turning.

phinds · 10-18-2009, 09:21 AM

Interesting form. What kind of wood is that? ("rosewood" is about as specific as "wood")

Paul

Kenbo · 10-18-2009, 11:48 AM

I think that it looks great. Nice job and a great introduction to turning. I would be careful however. Now that you have the bug, there's no turning back. (a little lathe humour there) Keep up the great work and continue to post. Nice piece.
Ken

woodman42 · 10-18-2009, 11:59 AM

Nice piece. One of these days I am going to try turning.
I bought a used lathe about a year ago and it is still sitting under my assembly table.

dominic16 · 10-18-2009, 06:29 PM

hey Paul, I know there are a lot of rosewoods i totally forgot to put what kind. It is Yucatan Rosewood. Its ok but I like Honduras Rosewood better but it was cheap.

phinds · 10-18-2009, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by dominic16

hey Paul, I know there are a lot of rosewoods i totally forgot to put what kind. It is Yucatan Rosewood. Its ok but I like Honduras Rosewood better but it was cheap.

Thanks. Any idea what species that is? I have a database with about 125,000 "common" names (and 21,000+ species names), including about 100 with "rosewood" in the name. Yucatan isn't one of them.

I care about this stuff because I maintain a wood ID web site (URL in my signature).

Paul

dominic16 · 10-19-2009, 08:06 PM

hey Paul, i found the species name for the Yucatan Rosewood. It is "Dalbergia yucatensis" From Central and South America. I hope that helps let me know if you find out more about the wood or need more help. talk to you soon.
Dominic

phinds · 10-19-2009, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by dominic16

hey Paul, i found the species name for the Yucatan Rosewood. It is "Dalbergia yucatensis" From Central and South America. I hope that helps let me know if you find out more about the wood or need more help. talk to you soon.
Dominic

Cool. Thanks ... this is a new one to me.

Paul

Eugene In NC · 10-19-2009, 11:36 PM

Hey Dominic, what a great first piece. You even took the time to decorate it with a nice detail. Be sure to keep it. You will be amazed at how your work changes in a short time. I give away most all of what I turn. I kept my first bowl and about three since then. I've only been turning about 11 months and I can see where each of the bowls I kept improved in some way over the previous ones.