Jeff Horton
04-06-2006, 10:48 PM
I have a couple pieces of Pecan crotch that would be perfect for a winged bowl. The pieces are not very thick and I have been trying to decide what to do with them.
I started looking at them last night and while I understand the basics of how to turn them I am not sure how to make the last cut. Here is what I was thinking and then someone can correct me.
Mounting the slab on a faceplate with bark side out. Turning the back/bottom of the bowl/wing. Create a tennon to mount on the chuck.
Reverse blank. Mount on tennon and finish turning.
Now how to most of you finish the bottom. Cole jaws are not going to work. Clamping the inside of the bowl in the chuck could mar the finished bowl. I am thinking you need a vacuum chuck? Or maybe one those plywood jigs with the carriage bolts. Assuming you can clear the wings.
I started looking at them last night and while I understand the basics of how to turn them I am not sure how to make the last cut. Here is what I was thinking and then someone can correct me.
Mounting the slab on a faceplate with bark side out. Turning the back/bottom of the bowl/wing. Create a tennon to mount on the chuck.
Reverse blank. Mount on tennon and finish turning.
Now how to most of you finish the bottom. Cole jaws are not going to work. Clamping the inside of the bowl in the chuck could mar the finished bowl. I am thinking you need a vacuum chuck? Or maybe one those plywood jigs with the carriage bolts. Assuming you can clear the wings.