Paul Williams
01-25-2015, 3:49 PM
When asked how I did a particular turning I often say I spun it on the lathe and cut away everything that didn't look like a bowl. There is another explanation. Baby bowls emerge from blocks of wood and then grow into bigger bowls.
I really liked the looks of the emerging bowl that Steve Doerr recently posted. I looked up the article from Irwin Seidman that
Steve referred to and decided to try it.
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This was my first attempt. It is small. The bowl is only 3 inches across. On the second half I did a better job of re-centering to hollow out the bowl and did less trimming of the ends and bottom. I like the second one a lot better. Now to find a bigger piece of wood.
By the way this is the piece of maple that I asked about drying a few weeks ago. I ended up removing the wax and putting it in a food dehydrator for three days. It measured 16% when I turned it. No cracking or movement so far.
I really liked the looks of the emerging bowl that Steve Doerr recently posted. I looked up the article from Irwin Seidman that
Steve referred to and decided to try it.
305050 305051
This was my first attempt. It is small. The bowl is only 3 inches across. On the second half I did a better job of re-centering to hollow out the bowl and did less trimming of the ends and bottom. I like the second one a lot better. Now to find a bigger piece of wood.
By the way this is the piece of maple that I asked about drying a few weeks ago. I ended up removing the wax and putting it in a food dehydrator for three days. It measured 16% when I turned it. No cracking or movement so far.