Wood Turning Bowls
From the firewood pile to a finished salad server.
"Woodturning Bowls? We eat from bowls every day. Why not make them beautiful?"
| While some say there are three stages to turning a bowl, for me there are four. Number one is getting the wood supply. Most of the time this is green wood because wood thick enough to make a bowl is too expensive to dry. If you go to the wood store it can be expensive in a hurry. While that may be okay for the occasional special piece, I like to start with green wood at the firewood pile. |
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| From this you end up with a bowl blank |
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| that needs to be rough turned, waxed and dried. |
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| before the final turning, sanding and finishing. |
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| More on the wood turner's power sanding procedure for woodturning bowls can be found here in a picture and video format . |
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If you make one please let me know how it turned out.
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