I’m working on a segmented bowl - fairly simple 9” salad bowl with two padauk trim rings, a padauk top ring, and the rest is maple. I’ve pretty much completed shaping the exterior and am getting close to final wall thicknessing. After that comes the rabbet for the bottom. Not any problem with those steps. Where I do have a question is when I flip the bowl around and have to shape the top padauk ring. I’m using Carter Axe carbide tools and assume that I would proceed using the round tip tool. Is there any special procedure I should follow to round over that ring? My experience so far with this wood variety is that it is quite prone to shattering / splitting, etc. if not babied. As you can tell, I’m a real newbie to turning!
Thanks, Jim
Thanks, Jim