How-To
Turn a Green Wood Bowl: Finishing a Bowl
Part 4 of 4: Use a jam chuck to turn a foot and part the finished bowl from the lathe
Oct 25, 2005
The final step to turning a bowl or vessel on the lathe is to cut a stable foot for the piece to rest on. In this video, the last in this four-part series, Southern California wood turner Howard Lewin demonstrates his process for cutting and finishing the foot on a green wood bowl.
First he finds the center, then he uses a jam chuck to hold the nearly finished bowl on the lathe. A small gouge and some careful cuts are all that’s required to complete a bowl or vessel project.
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Cutting Blanks |
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| Hollow the Inside Learn to cut with the grain and achieve a consistent wall thickness when turning a green wood bowl |
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| Shaping the Profile Follow these steps to preserve a natural edge and achieve smooth cuts with a bowl gouge |
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Comments
Hope I'm not being a sissy, but in part III, I found his hands wrapping all around the tool rest unsettling. I try to stay exclusively on my own side of the tool rest, although I occasionally fail. The thought of fingers caught between the tool rest and the spinning raw edge bowl frightens me. I'm sure the author has vast experience and is gauging his distances, however, it sure would be easy to shear off some fingers.
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