bowl turning thread

[Hanser]

Lovely nest, proportions are superb. Woods isn't bad either.

 

Very nice!

[AHPP]

Has anyone done any plates?

[se7enthdevil]

i've done some platters, do they count?

 

that's one thing i've not yet been asked to make but i'm sure someone will one day.

[TheHungrySquirrel]

I have made plates from greenwood the same as I make bowls. But you need large timber to split the stock out quartersawn

[AHPP]

I was imagining dinner plates more than anything else but it doesn't really matter. Does stuff warp more if it's flatter, ie doesn't have the high sides of a bowl?

[kinderscout]

Unusual for me to buy a bowel, as I usually trade with people but liked this so much,turned by Pete fox of fox furniture it is a 19" platter in lyme.

[se7enthdevil]

bowels are difficult to buy, especially when they are made of lyme???

 

lime wood is good for a bowl as it's nice and stable and at 19" is an underrated timber for such purposes.

 

AHPP, it depends what wood you make it from and if you use quartersawn wood or not. there will always be some warpage if it is to be used as a plate as there will be moisture introduced when food is on it and when it is washed up.

 

personally i would use a nice stable timber with a closed grain like something from the maple family.

[AHPP]

Big plate, kinderscout!

 

Thanks for the advice, Steve. Are there any tricks you can perform on a bowl/plate base to make it not rock/rock less when it's warped?

[se7enthdevil]

you can stick three turned buttons on the underside of any item you think may warp, that way whatever position they are in they act like a tripod and will never wobble.

[AHPP]

Too easy!