u/AdEnvironmental7198

Last Xmas I got my first lathe, with in a week I posted my first (broken) bowl here. Since then, I’ve posted a lot, learned a lot, and gotten a ton of help from this community, so I just wanted to say thank you.

I had a pretty big personal win this week: I sold my first bowl.

It feels really good knowing I took a piece of free wood and turned it into something a random someone actually wanted to buy. It has taken me well over a year of practicing almost daily, usually an hour or two at a time, to feel like I was making anything worth selling.

The funny part is that two days ago I bought a small photo light box. Yesterday, I posted a few bowls on Facebook Marketplace. This morning, I woke up to a message that someone bought one.

I’m not sure what I’m supposed to do now that I’m officially a professional woodturner, but I assume the next logical step is buying a Robust American Beauty. /s

I use this 12in mulberry plate almost daily. It's going on 6months old with tried and trued finish. I wanted real world use on a finishes I was gonna put on a bunch of twice turned bowls this fall.

I have another bowl with just shellac and another with general finish. All are holding up well but this is performing the best with Shellac start to shown signs of wear.