bowl turning thread

[Lazurus]

Good question !.... there is not any sign of how I held the bowl in the lathe to hollow it either , no tenon for a dovetail chuck, or screw holes for a faceplate either ..... if you cut a piece of wood straight after felling a live tree and never let it get wet again the bark will stay strongly attached .... Terry

 

But how did you hold it?

[devon TWiG]

But how did you hold it?

The base was pushed in to another bowl in the chuck and held in place by the tailstock , it was all hollowed out except for a spindle supporting it left in the middle ,which was removed by carving and sanded flush to finish ....not easy but I wanted to have no chuck dovetail or screw holes in the base ...

[devon TWiG]

Most of you will probably think this is brown oak , ( created by fistulina hepatica ) ...however it is Sweet Chestnut and is this colour due to Laetiporus sulphereus which causes the same / similar discolouration and subsequent cubical decay given time , just an example of how pretty rotting wood can be ....I especially like the several sets of concentric circles in the grain

[Ian Leach]

Most of you will probably think this is brown oak , ( created by fistulina hepatica ) ...however it is Sweet Chestnut and is this colour due to Laetiporus sulphereus which causes the same / similar discolouration and subsequent cubical decay given time , just an example of how pretty rotting wood can be ....I especially like the several sets of concentric circles in the grain

 

Beautiful piece that.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Most of you will probably think this is brown oak , ( created by fistulina hepatica ) ...however it is Sweet Chestnut and is this colour due to Laetiporus sulphereus which causes the same / similar discolouration and subsequent cubical decay given time , just an example of how pretty rotting wood can be ....I especially like the several sets of concentric circles in the grain

 

you must of caught that at just the right time. laeti rot make lovely browns and even tiger oak but boy if it goes a little over you got serious movements and cracking!

 

lovely bit of wood that:thumbup1:

[Phil71]

Look what I'll be cutting down in a couple of months . . bigger than it looks, stem is probably just over 1ft diameter. But you probably have enough wood already, don't you, Steve?

[se7enthdevil]

phil you taunting bugger.

 

 

ok i'll take it...

[54gka]

Right after seeing all your great work decided to get a lathe. Not got a clue as what to get.Im down sizing my garden business and selling a lot of my tools so ill have some spare cash to spend.Now do i buy a second hand out fit which always seems to come with everything that i need or new at a lot more money.I,m into bowls and have made some with the arbortech turbo and mini plane which is ok for the rustic look but would like something i can use in the garage at the weekend without upsetting the neighbours.As far as to what I've looked at is the Axminster awvsl 1000 and a jet-jwl-1221vs oh and some of the record lathes.All depending on how much i get back on my tools but looking to spend £800 max.

Kev

[TheHungrySquirrel]

Where are you based Kev? Well worth finding some local guys or a club for advice.

[TheHungrySquirrel]

Got these done today inbetween some other work