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enlarged bead around base. About 2 pounds.

Mel said: " . . . and its too small beaded top edge."
Maybe 1/2" bead? to match the beads higher up? Stepped base might reduce bulk, which is fine.

I love to make bowls, and I haven't turned any spindles since five years, but I recently decided to make a wood lamp. I drove to the firewood lot 25 miles away and found a few chunks of mesquite...

In this case, I am turning very dry mesquite It's been a few years since I turned green mesquite. Or any green wood. If I recall correctly, I used white glue for green wood.
Six weeks ago, I bought...

I took snaps of the previously mentioned hairline cracks in this mesquite bowl (filled with CA glue) and a peak inside after application of first coat of tung oil. It's about 11" diameter by 5-3/8"...

. . late for the train. The turned portion of the rim looks out of place beside the natural edge. I would hand sand the rim all around to make it more uniform. Worm holes are fine for me, although...

I searched Amazon for "1/2"-2MT arbors." I found many keyless drill chucks that have a very slight internal taper such as 2JT and 6JT. I suggest that you search by brand name. Try machine shop...

Thanks. I ordered it yesterday.

After some research online, I found the dressing tool I think will work for me: the Geiger economy model, single diamond tool: <https://www.geigerssolutions.com/Wheel-Truing-and-Dressing.html>

Spoke too soon?
Perhaps I proclaimed my success too soon. I had repaired the hubs of the wheels, which were crumbling, soft epoxy, but I was slow to realize that the wheels were still out of round....

Welcome to woodturning. I hope you find it challenging and rewarding to make chips and bowls, etc.
I don't like to leave a dovetail recess in the bottom of bowls and boxes. To me, it is unsightly....

Your bowl is beautiful.

Still trying to navigate this forum easily.
I like to work from the right end for both ends, outside first, then inside. As someone noted previoiusly, I would lose only about 5/16" with recess in...

My next bowl is mesquite, about 11-1/2" diam by 5" tall. I added a glue block with recess to the bottom and a faceplate to the top. It runs pretty true from both ends. It has a few hairline cracks...

We had about 18 inches on Thursday and Friday. We stayed home for two days.

Anyway, I am almost done, after working thru challenges with the recess.

Reed said: " . . but drilling a recess with a proper sized forstner bit is far more efficient."
OK. I get it now: you drill to depth then cut the chamfer with your special dovetail tool. Could ou...

Please to pardon my inexperience, but how do you make a dovetail/chamfered recess with a Forstner bit?

It's a bit amusing to me that the directions for the Nova say to just use the angle of the...

Akex asked: "How tight are you going with your chuck?" Very tight, I think. My angle needs a sight adjustment. 1/4" to 5/16" might provide more material for holding.
I like the strength of...

The angle is not quite right, but it is close. I coated jaws completely.Finishing is almost finished.

I made a snap of my evaluation of contact between recess and jaws. The red marker transferred from jaws to recess. Not perfect, but better than the first recess.
It is not an issue to reverse chuck...

Holey Bowl under a coat of wet tung oil. I am starting to love tung oil. I worked thru my earlier difficulty with my recess.

I am ready to mount a bowl on a faceplate via a wood block, but I am not ready for some tape. How big was the flat surface?

Not very dramatic here. I found some pebbles embedded in the root of a small maple tree we cut down during my first woodturning class. The bowl is thicker than I intended. Frequent tool sharpening...

I improved it a bit. I have slight runout after remounting, which might could be attributed to normal movement of the wood after turning inside. It's almost done.
Glue block and faceplate sounds...

I tested contact of my jaws with my 13 degree recess. The fit looked good because contact was tight at the outside edge of the recess, as in John's upper graphic, but it was mainly gripping toward...