Turning a wood bowl from green wood

From a section of log, to the green bowl, ready for drying, and the finishing process. The bowl is made of Tulip Poplar Wood. You may view the finished bowl at
http://oneofakind2.com/ along with many of my new pieces at http://www.etsy.com/shop/oneofakind2woodbowls?ga_search_query=one+of+a+kind+w...

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Howto & Style

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• Wood turning
• wood lathe
• wood bowls
• turning wood bowl
• Ralph Evans
• wood shop
• handturned
• handmade
• one of a kind 2
• turning

[ernstbecker1]

I tried to turn my " first bowl " yesterday. It's a small one. I gave it a rest after having difficulty turning the interior the bowl's center. Since I'm new at this I wasn't able to relieve all the center of mass. A small "nub" remains. Do you have any suggestions on removing the bowl's interior center?

[oneofakind2bowls]

@ernstbecker1 if you are using a bowl gouge or spindle gouge try turning the tool to where your tool is at more of a angle toward the bevel more. and cut with the point of the tool. Ralph

[ehwoodworks]

Great job! I've spent a few hours turning bowls this size only to have them split. How do you keep them from splitting and cracking? This is not my business, just my wife wanted a couple of bowls for her and her sister.  I usually use my lathe for spindles and legs.

[oneofakind2bowls]

@ehwoodworks Hello and thanks for looking at my video .Are you turning end grain or side cut end grain is almost impossable not to split .but you can get a wax wood sealer to put on it but. or you can wrap it in brown paper let it dry to %8 to %12 befor you finnish it .Thanks again Ralph onefakind2  or you could by one of my bowls!

[oneofakind2bowls]

 Hi and thanks for looking at my video and my shop the lath is a power matic 2442. And it coast around $5.000 its a 220 volt 3hp. it will get the job done but you have to sell a lot of pieces. thanks Ralph oneofakind2.

[TheFr1ch]

hes making his cereal bowl :)

[buttfacerob]

you should make more videos, I like this

[redisgonenowitsgray]

Good video except we never get to see the finished product.

Not too smart wearing jewelry while working on a lathe, I might show this to my students as what not to do when working on a lathe. !!

[fuckyochair]

@asoupspoon123 its a cereal bowl no need for salsa

[asoupspoon123]

you should have left the center piece in and made a bowl inside of a bowl.. need some place to hold the salsa for the chips man..:D

[split29445]

There's no way in HELL that my lathe would have the power to turn a piece this big. lol

[grywacz]

Youtube certainly needs more interesting videos like this one! Thanks for sharing.

[Meep12252011]

Is it easier to turn green wood or seasoned wood?

[OMBIC]

bet the slob calls it hand maid to lol

[viatus]

Dude I'm so jealous of your laithe, very cool thanks for sharing >D

[TheTuneCity]

Thats a big-un!!!

[wooodrow99]

@Febeleh Any kind of jewelry is a liability when you are using power tools of any kind as I had the same concerns when seeing the watch and bracelet the turner was wearing. A classmate in my high school shop class had two fingers ripped off at an old Oliver lathe when his sleeve got snagged and his first reaction was to brace himself. The pinch point at the tool rest and workpiece does nasty damage. That image was burned into my brain but it keeps me from being complacent when working.