bowl turning thread

[se7enthdevil]

Message for Steve, chucking this lot on the fire pile, is that ok? 😉

 

on the fire pile :bawling::bawling:

 

 

let me know when you can drop it off.

[TheHungrySquirrel]

This guy jumped out of a log that I was making spoons from.

[Ghettoblaster]

I have been getting to grips with my coring set now all my damaged body parts have healed and I have some timber of a suitable size. Anyhow, thought you may want to see some pics, wood is slightly spalted beech.

 

 

 

 

 

[Ghettoblaster]

Oh no! They are all sideways!!

[se7enthdevil]

nice bowls mate, envious of your lathe too, i wish i had one of them...

[Ghettoblaster]

Cheers Steve! They come up now and then, saw one on ebay a few weeks ago, very cheep starting price, and now there is another one up there, not so cheep that one!! Well worth keeping an eye on if you can get one for the right price there is no turning back!

 

I think I'm going to have to talk to my metal fabricating friend abut making an XL set of blades for the McNaughton center savers, biggest core I can do with the large blade is 20"! Huge I know but going from a 27" mother bowl down to 20" for the next bowl spoils the nested set.

 

Bloody good tools though those center savers! I can highly recommend them, fast learning curve but quite simple once you get the hang of it. Think it will be a while before I'm getting 6 or 7 bowls out of one blank like Mike Mahoney!

[se7enthdevil]

you only need 3 or 4 from each bit in my opinion to make it worth it (unless you love making nests), i got 101 bowls from around 30 blocks cut from a load of walnut that delabodge gave me and i only use a woodcut bowlsaver. the mcnaughton is too much dosh unless they are all you make.

[Ghettoblaster]

I hear that Steve, I'm fine with 4 from each, but it's the big jump I have to take from the mother bowl to the first core. And also the time it saves me hogging out unnecessary waste that I then need to dispose of.

[TheHungrySquirrel]

These guys jumped out from today's big batch of sycamore.

[TheHungrySquirrel]

Now this oak burr is a little special, once it's buffed it may be for sale with the others.