BOWL TURNING BASICS
This morning I rough turned a bowl from a green pecan bowl blank. This
is how I turn a bowl blank. This blank is made of Pecan is green and
waxed sealed. I mount the bowl using 1" screws.
This bowl blank is 8"X 3"
The bow blank is then mounted to the lathe. Use a 3/8" bowl gouge to
turn the bowl to a true round.
One the bowl is round, I then square up the face.
Once everything is square. I use my Teknatool dovetail scraper to cut a
dovetail recess in the bottom of the blank. This will be used to hold the
blank using my Nova dovetail chuck. The recess is cut to about 2 1/2"
circle. At this point I switch and mount my bowl on the Nova expanding
dovetail chuck.
This picture show how I have used my bowl gouge to cut away the inside
of the bowl. The lathe speed I used during this entire process was 684
RPM's. Now that the bowl have been roughed out to about a 3/4-1"
thickness, I will date it and write pecan on the bottom. The bowl will be set
aside for 4-6 months while it drys.
This morning I rough turned a bowl from a green pecan bowl blank. This
is how I turn a bowl blank. This blank is made of Pecan is green and
waxed sealed. I mount the bowl using 1" screws.
This bowl blank is 8"X 3"
The bow blank is then mounted to the lathe. Use a 3/8" bowl gouge to
turn the bowl to a true round.
One the bowl is round, I then square up the face.
Once everything is square. I use my Teknatool dovetail scraper to cut a
dovetail recess in the bottom of the blank. This will be used to hold the
blank using my Nova dovetail chuck. The recess is cut to about 2 1/2"
circle. At this point I switch and mount my bowl on the Nova expanding
dovetail chuck.
This picture show how I have used my bowl gouge to cut away the inside
of the bowl. The lathe speed I used during this entire process was 684
RPM's. Now that the bowl have been roughed out to about a 3/4-1"
thickness, I will date it and write pecan on the bottom. The bowl will be set
aside for 4-6 months while it drys.
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BOWL TURNING
How I hold a bowl gauge for roughing out a bowl
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