Beginning Woodturner: Turning a Tiny Bowl

Turning tiny bowls is good practice that doesn't take a lot of time or material. I made several of these in quick succession. Most are flawed; they were practice more than projects. But people think they're cute. Some offered suggestions as to what they can be used for.
I plan to make more of these for such things as bedside catch-alls for keys and coins and salt dishes for the dining table.

If you have come over here from Oregon Old Timer, you probably know the story. I made a couple of projects on a wood lathe in junior high school wood shop in the 1950s. I didn't touch a lathe again until July last year. I'd watched a few woodturning videos and got the bug. The prices of new lathes stopped me, but I found a lathe like the one I'd used in junior high at a sale and bought it for $200. That, and a few tools, got me started.
Changing speeds required loosening the motor mounts and moving a belt to different pulleys. I replaced that motor with a variable-speed treadmill motor and made a video of the conversion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VesU0SNtVis
My first projects were simple goblets and bowls. I made toothpick holders and twig pots to sell on Etsy.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/EricRushArt
My home is in the woods, so there is no shortage of raw material. Friends give me wood that doesn't grow here, so I explore what I can get out of different kinds.
Woodturning is an adventure in learning and creating. It's great fun, even for a beginner.

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