Hard Maple Salad Bowl, continued-hollowing out

 Hi Everyone,

 Well I had a very productive afternoon in the wood shop. Made a huge mess but removed most of the inside of the bowl. Here are some photos and comments:

Here's the beginning of the hollowing out process. I've been turning about 10 minutes and the depth is about 3/4" deep. If you look closely at the center you can see the screw holes from the faceplate:

 

I was using a fingernail gouge to work on the sides when all of a sudden I got two deep gouges  along the inside of the bowl. I haven't used a fingernail gouge in a long time so I'm out of practice with it. I have a large heavy bowl scraper and I removed the damage with that.

 

 I wanted to shape the inside of the bowl to match the outside shape so here you can see the upper sides are straight. Next I'm going to curve the bottom half of the bowl to match the curved surface of the outside-bottom of the bowl.

 

 And here is where it's at right now. The sides are looking good but there is still more wood on the bottom to be removed. As it's getting cold, I'll stop here for today.

 

Tomorrow I'll finish hollowing out the bowl and then refine the inside surfaces and if all goes well the turning part of the project will be finished.

 

What a mess! I have enough wood shavings to stuff a mattress!!

See you all tomorrow,
VW