But I am a little confused and scared about how to snug the wood up to the lathe so it doesn't come flying out....
I have a pretty large chunk of cherry wood - it is cut from a tree that is about 5' long and about 20-23" diameter.. I was planning on preparing the blank like I have seen on a few videos - cut the sides with a chainsaw, then cut around the pith on either side. After I get a "Rough" blank cut, I would put it up on my bandsaw and try to round it out, if the band saw wont work, I could cut it as a octogon with the chainsaw. I would use a screw chuck to mount it on the lathe and put the Tailstock up to the wood - from there I would ROUGH shape the bowl with the bottom of the bowl facing away from the headstock - I would cut a "Recess" where the tailstock comes up and after I'm finished I would turn the bowl around and use my nova chuck THIS is the one I have. I would "Open" the chuck until its really snug in the hole correct? (I have been thinking I would have to do it the other way around - and "Close" the chuck around a tenon of some sort...
I know some of my terms may be incorrect, but - is the basic concept correct?
I have a pretty large chunk of cherry wood - it is cut from a tree that is about 5' long and about 20-23" diameter.. I was planning on preparing the blank like I have seen on a few videos - cut the sides with a chainsaw, then cut around the pith on either side. After I get a "Rough" blank cut, I would put it up on my bandsaw and try to round it out, if the band saw wont work, I could cut it as a octogon with the chainsaw. I would use a screw chuck to mount it on the lathe and put the Tailstock up to the wood - from there I would ROUGH shape the bowl with the bottom of the bowl facing away from the headstock - I would cut a "Recess" where the tailstock comes up and after I'm finished I would turn the bowl around and use my nova chuck THIS is the one I have. I would "Open" the chuck until its really snug in the hole correct? (I have been thinking I would have to do it the other way around - and "Close" the chuck around a tenon of some sort...
I know some of my terms may be incorrect, but - is the basic concept correct?