As I am somewhat of a "novice" to turning, I wanted to ask this experienced audience on the Turner's Forum for their advice/ideas.
I have attempted and completed a bowl and have plans to do more but at the moment, I have a virtual vendor show coming up and need to complete some round tops for numerous Octagonal Boxes( ~8" wide). I have watched a lot of YouTube videos of bowl turners(many of whom are on this forum) and I see that the most common sequence seems to be attach wood(drive center/Worm screw/glue block/faceplate) to the lathe and turn the outside of the bowl first and create either a recess or tenon to be used to flip and attach the bowl into Chuck jaws. Then turn out the interior of the bowl.
I have done a couple and have been putting a glue block on the top side and doing the inside of the top first. I have turned a "lip"/tenon" on the inside so I can flip and chuck it so I can then part the glue block off and finish shaping the top side of the piece.
Now, my questions is: if you were doing a top for larger box(like I described above), would you follow that same progression or would you do it in some other order or steps?
Any suggestions are appreciated.
Thanks ,
Jim