[Woodworkers] Bowl Turning

[via Woodworkers]

John
Thanks for the quick response. Are you saying to, just chuck them up in between a regular 4 point spear on the headstock and a live center on the tailstock and turn them like any other turning? Then go to the process as you described.




Thanks
Gary










-----Original Message-----
From: John McCaskill <jmccaskill at gmail.com>
To: Gcw804 at aol.com <gcw804 at aol.com>; A place where woodworkers talk about woodworking <woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org>
Sent: Thu, Jul 6, 2017 6:32 pm
Subject: Re: [Woodworkers] Bowl Turning



After you turn the inside & outside, then you have to turn it around and turn the base. One way is to mount it on a vacuum chuck, cole jaws, or jam chuck, and then turn the bottom. Use the tailstock up to the final smidge of the bottom. 


Another way is to just press the bowl (bottom towards the tailstock) between a chuck (if you use one) or a flat plate and the tailstock. Use something like closed cell foam rubber on the inside of the bowl to avoid marring the inside finish.


In any case, turn until there's just a little tiny bit of wood left to support the tailstock, then chisel that off and sand it.


Don't try to turn the bottom flat, it will never sit flat. Instead, turn it slightly concave so the bowl rests on the rim of the bottom.


John





They told me I was gullible and I believed them.





On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 5:18 PM, via Woodworkers <woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org> wrote:

I have been turning for sometime. I've turned chair spindles, bun feet, legs for tables, and porch column bases with no problems. I recently was asked to turn a bunch of bowls for our local chapter of Habitat for Humanity and I am having trouble with getting the bottoms flat so the will set flat.Do we have any turners on the list that can give me some ideas of what I need to do?  I am starting with blanks that have either been band sawn or chain sawn.  I have watched a couple of youtube videos and still can't figure it out what I'm doing wrong.


Thanks


Gary Williams



_______________________________________________
I want to be one of my friends for a day so I can see how cool it is to hang out with me.
Woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org

To unsubscribe from this list -
http://lists.sawdusters.org/listinfo.cgi/woodworkers-sawdusters.org

Address to contact the list ADMIN staff -
woodworkers-owner at lists.sawdusters.org





-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.sawdusters.org/pipermail/woodworkers-sawdusters.org/attachments/20170706/aa7c6b14/attachment.htm>