My First Coring

[Greg Ketell]

When I did the first coring the other day my friend Art was there with his cell phone camera. He and I thought folks might like to see the process.

The initial chunk of bandsawed Redwood mounted on the lathe.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=176813&d=1294415136

After making it round and just beginning shaping it.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=176814&d=1294415137

The next image, where I am in process of turning it to shape won't upload for some reason and the forum won't explain what the issue is. *shrug*


Fully shaped, reversed, and starting to take the first and smallest core using the Oneway EasyCore set up with the smallest knife.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=176811&d=1294415134

And the first core out
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=176815&d=1294415139

Working on taking the second, medium core using the #2 knife.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=176808&d=1294415130

And the second core out
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=176809&d=1294415132

The outer bowl after coring
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=176812&d=1294415135

And finally using my birthday Monster Hollowing Rig to turn the inside of the outer bowl to 1" thickness everywhere.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=176810&d=1294415133

This was all done in about 2 hours, including initial configuration of the EasyCore system and both knives I used.

The outer bowl ended up being 11" diameter and 9" inside diameter, 1" thick. The medium bowl was about 8-1/2" diameter with a 6" inside diameter. They are both wrapped, taped, and drying. The smallest bowl ended up being shown here: http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?156433-Using-the-Christmas-presents&p=1601835#post1601835
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=176445&d=1294256860 http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=176444&d=1294256859 http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=176443&d=1294256858

I've got to say, if you aren't going to be doing a lot of coring the the Oneway sure makes it easy to get good results with no "skill" needing to be developed first. It is spendy, but worth it to me. I think this one block of Redwood Burl probably paid for 1/4 the system.

[Fred Perreault]

Greg, what gorgeous wood, and a dandy coring job. I aspire to get that good with my Mcnaughton :)

[Greg Ketell]

Greg, what gorgeous wood, and a dandy coring job. I aspire to get that good with my Mcnaughton :)

The McNaughton is definitely the way to go if you are going to do a lot of coring. In the hands of an experienced user it gives the most flexibility, variety of shapes, and wood conservation. But I know that for me, who turns once or twice a month, I'd never get good at it. So I went with the easy way.

[Jon Lanier]

Sweet! :D

[Tim Rinehart]

Nice Greg! Gorgeous piece of redwood burl too! Need a followup "nested" set pic!

[Baxter Smith]

Nice piece of wood! I recently picked up a used oneway system. Started from the inside out at first similar to their video and what you did. Have done from the outside in on the last couple. Each probably has its advantages but I guess I haven't used it enough to remember!:)

[Tim Thiebaut]

You make that look so easy that is amazing. 2 hours to do all of that! Seems with me I scratch my head and think about things almost as much as I am turning things!

[bob svoboda]

Great job and sure is beautiful wood.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Nice cores Greg and some beautiful wood. I have the oneway coring and love it. I also core infrequently and tried the McNaughton but just didn't like it.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Nice series of photos! I don't have a coring system yet but this system sure seems to work well! Looking forward to seeing the bigger bowls once finished - cause the little guy sure is a showstopper!

[David E Keller]

Beautiful burl... I'm anxious to see the finished set! Congrats on the coring system and the monster.

[Greg Ketell]

Thanks again for all the nice comments. I will definitely post pictures of the other two as they get done.

Unfortunately these won't be a "set". The little bowl is already gone. A house warming gift for a friend that was staying with us while he waited for his place to be ready. He got to watch me turn it. Loved the look on his face when I handed him the finished bowl! :D

[Jake Helmboldt]

I'm jealous Greg. I just did my first coring yesterday with my new McNaughton. I got a small core, a medium core, and a really big funnel with some beautiful crotch figure. :mad:

I guess that is what I get for playing when I was supposed to be doing work.

[Reed Gray]

I only know of one person who had a problem coring with his Oneway system. He had a bowl with a big ogee (s curve) shape on the outside of the bowl. He started coring at the outside of the ogee, and cored that part off his bowl. Oneway is good, stable, and easy to use.

robo hippy