Thanks guys! BTW, on the left below is a prototype I did a couple of months ago from piece of Doug fir. The Doug fir was a little chippy and prone to tear out but it was a lot less scary. This was good practice and where I realized how light the cuts need to be on those spinning wings. If you want to give this a try, I recommend experimenting with softwood.
The square bowl was another interesting technique I tried where you get a square turning from the lathe. You basically turn a cylinder, rotate it 90°, turn it round in that axis, slice it in half and then hollow it. You can see how chippy the DF was.
--Nathan, TX. Hire the lazy man. He may not do as much work but that's because he will find a better way.
