Quote Originally Posted by Richard Coers View Post
I have no idea how you keep the bowl on the same center line with all that gluing and flipping the bowl to do the inside. Also no one has mentioned size of the blank, a very critical component to this discussion. I was taught not to glue anything and always have a tenon to grab. With the right kind of dovetail jaws, the tenon only has to be 1/4" long on smaller bowls. How do you cut off a block on the bandsaw on a finished bowl and keep the bowl from slamming down on the bandsaw table?
Hi Richard, I cut off a glue block while the piece is spinning on the lathe. I use a part off tool and cut through the glue. Works well for me. Using my left hand, I catch the spinning bowl as it separates or, I cut most of the glue off and then stop the lathe and give a bump to knock the bowl free.