The roughing begins!

Take note of the glass of water setting above the bowl. As you can see on the right, the bowl still has some nasty corners. There was only the slightest of ripples in the water, and the glass was setting quite still. The gouge on the other hand, was taking a pretty fair pounding. As I've said, there ain't no replacment for displacment!!

The square corners!
Just trying to give the overall view of haveing ample space to work on "everyday" sized bowls. You can see there are still some pretty sharp corners left on t his piece.

The short bed lathe offers such incredible access to your work - you gotta try it some day!