<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1499389523687_8453">Hi, Gary</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1499389523687_8351"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1499389523687_8352" dir="ltr">I'm not a great turner (by any stretch...), but I have done a few turnings. If you've got a Talon-type chuck, I would rough out the general shape of the bowl using the largest faceplate available. With that done, I would turn the base to match the jaws of the chuck. At that point you can remove the faceplate, mount the bowl to the chuck, and finish the piece.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1499389523687_11446"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1499389523687_11447">Unless I missed something, this should work fine...</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1499389523687_11518">Big Dave<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1499389523687_8342"><span></span></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> On Thursday, July 6, 2017 3:18 PM, via Woodworkers <woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv1651260615"><font size="2" color="black" face="arial">I have been turning for sometime. I've turned chair spindles, bun feet, legs for tables, and porch column bases with no problems. <span style="font-size:10pt;">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.</span>
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<div>Gary Williams</div>
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