I made some Christmas baubles as a first try, and man is that fun.
Especially when you can just make the chips fly and not worry about what
you're making.
But I bought some bowl blanks and the whole thing changes now.
My questions are these:
If you look at the end grain of the blank, it runs from top left down to the
bottom center then back up to the top right.
Do you turn a bowl so the grain runs with the bowl or against it?
And is there something to hold the bowl in place other than a plate with
screws in it?
Dave
In article <qsrIb.11653$I07.24191@attbi_s53>, David Babcock
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Do you turn a bowl so the grain runs with the bowl or against it?
In most cases, the grain runs across the bowl.
> And is there something to hold the bowl in place other than a plate with
> screws in it?
A chuck of some sort. I use a Oneway Talon
<http://www.oneway.on.ca/Oneway/talon.htm>, but you can build your
own...
<http://www.fholder.com/Woodturning/lwc-wtm.htm>
<http://www.fholder.com/Woodturning/lwphoto.htm>
Drop in to rec.crafts.woodturning, I'm just a duffer. The real experts
are there.
djb
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In article <HGsIb.81324$VB2.172607@attbi_s51>, David Babcock
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Here is one of the pieces I won on ebay:
Beautiful grain.
djb
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"Dave Balderstone" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:301220032201064265%[email protected]...
> In article <qsrIb.11653$I07.24191@attbi_s53>, David Babcock
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Do you turn a bowl so the grain runs with the bowl or against it?
>
> In most cases, the grain runs across the bowl.
>
> > And is there something to hold the bowl in place other than a plate with
> > screws in it?
>
> A chuck of some sort. I use a Oneway Talon
> <http://www.oneway.on.ca/Oneway/talon.htm>, but you can build your
> own...
>
> <http://www.fholder.com/Woodturning/lwc-wtm.htm>
> <http://www.fholder.com/Woodturning/lwphoto.htm>
>
> Drop in to rec.crafts.woodturning, I'm just a duffer. The real experts
> are there.
>
> djb
>
> --
> There are no socks in my email address.
>
> "Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati"
Here is one of the pieces I won on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2367332692&category=3132&
rd=1
Dave
Never mind, I see you already have.
--
Larry C in Auburn, WA
"Larry C in Auburn, WA" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:M0GIb.85633$VB2.190967@attbi_s51...
> Dave, you might want to add rec.crafts.woodturning to your list of
> newsgroups to read.
> --
> Larry C in Auburn, WA
>
> "David Babcock" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:qsrIb.11653$I07.24191@attbi_s53...
> > I made some Christmas baubles as a first try, and man is that fun.
> > Especially when you can just make the chips fly and not worry about what
> > you're making.
> > But I bought some bowl blanks and the whole thing changes now.
> > My questions are these:
> > If you look at the end grain of the blank, it runs from top left down to
> the
> > bottom center then back up to the top right.
> > Do you turn a bowl so the grain runs with the bowl or against it?
> > And is there something to hold the bowl in place other than a plate with
> > screws in it?
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> >
>
Dave, you might want to add rec.crafts.woodturning to your list of
newsgroups to read.
--
Larry C in Auburn, WA
"David Babcock" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:qsrIb.11653$I07.24191@attbi_s53...
> I made some Christmas baubles as a first try, and man is that fun.
> Especially when you can just make the chips fly and not worry about what
> you're making.
> But I bought some bowl blanks and the whole thing changes now.
> My questions are these:
> If you look at the end grain of the blank, it runs from top left down to
the
> bottom center then back up to the top right.
> Do you turn a bowl so the grain runs with the bowl or against it?
> And is there something to hold the bowl in place other than a plate with
> screws in it?
>
> Dave
>
>
>
On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 03:33:42 GMT, "David Babcock"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I made some Christmas baubles as a first try, and man is that fun.
>Especially when you can just make the chips fly and not worry about what
>you're making.
>But I bought some bowl blanks and the whole thing changes now.
>My questions are these:
>If you look at the end grain of the blank, it runs from top left down to the
>bottom center then back up to the top right.
>Do you turn a bowl so the grain runs with the bowl or against it?
>And is there something to hold the bowl in place other than a plate with
>screws in it?
>
>Dave
>
>
I turn my bowls such that the grain follows the shape of the bowl.
This gives better strength, but there's really no rule about turning
it another way. There are many ways to hold the bowl, "fasthold" tool
or build your own holder. I have glued or carpet taped the bowl to a
plate. I understand why some say that Turning is like a drug--Very
addicting !!