bowl turning thread

[Ian Leach]

Bottom section cherry, top walnut.

Finish is not quite there, buffing mops should turn up tomorrow so will give them a try on this using microcrystalline wax.

In the photos it looks like the curve is wrong just below the join, can't really see on the actual pot, looks a lot worse in the photos.

 

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heres just a couple of small bowls i made from a timber called wenge (pronounced wen-gay) which is from africa and is very hard but gives great results.

 

 

heres the blank first then the resulting bowl.

 

and another.

 

Lovely looking work there

[bobh]

Like the look of the first one, is it as dark as it looks in the photos

[se7enthdevil]

Like the look of the first one, is it as dark as it looks in the photos

 

initialy yes, wenge is one of the few woods that actually lightens as time goes by so as you can see the oiling of the bowl darkens the wood but from that point on if exposed to plenty of light it just gets paler and paler as the decades pass.

 

if kepf from direct sunlight though it should stay dark.

[Chippy]

You say wenge gets and lighter as it ages, I saw some advertised as "white wenge" , never heard of it myself, but would you say this was just aged black wenge?

[se7enthdevil]

You say wenge gets and lighter as it ages, I saw some advertised as "white wenge" , never heard of it myself, but would you say this was just aged black wenge?

 

 

 

no definately not.

 

white wenge is a completely diferent species. it is often known as lati and designated as (Amphimas pterocarpoides) where as wenge is (Millettia laurentii) they are however both in the same family so this may acount some what for the grain similarity but the wood is quite different wenge is hard and heavy and lati is lighter and softer. both very coarse though.

[northcountryboy]

Ok so ive bought a wood lathe but havnt got a clue how to attach the wood to the spinney end. Do I need a special chuck as looking at some of the pics on here mine looks nothing like them it sort of screws in. All hint tips and pi$$ takes gladly appreciated.

[bobh]

Put up some photos of what you've got including all the extra bit like the screwy in thing and I'm sure we can all help.

To answer your question though no you don't need a scroll chuck but it does make some things easier

[Chippy]

Sounds like you have a faceplate, use wood screws to fasten the piece you want to turn onto the faceplate then screw the faceplate onto the spindle, this is for bowl turning.

If you have a 2 or 4 prong drive, this again should go into the spindle with a revolving centre in the other end (tailstock) for turning spindles.

As stated in above post, photo's would be very helpful.

[northcountryboy]

I'll post some pics up later. It does look like a faceplate that screws into something on the lathe, so I screw the faceplate to the bowl blank? Then how would I go about turning the base, surely the screws will get in the way or do I turn the blank passed the screws?

[Pete Hart]

I'll post some pics up later. It does look like a faceplate that screws into something on the lathe, so I screw the faceplate to the bowl blank? Then how would I go about turning the base, surely the screws will get in the way or do I turn the blank passed the screws?

 

Next time im turning i will do a photo casebook of what you will need to do.