Massive Coring Machine

[Tom Albrecht]

Maybe this has already been around the block here, but it's a fun watch from Ronald Kanne.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHhSaFkudSQ

 

[robo hippy]

I left a comment. That set up is very similar to what the New Holland Bowl Mills uses on their coring tool, other than the carbide cutting tip. I want that bending thing....

robo hippy

 

[Bill Blasic]

I see that he saw the Hunter Korpro carbide cutter.

 

[odie]

If you want to mass produce big salad bowls, this is the way to do it. This bowl corer in the video is impressive, and built like it should be.

Speaking strictly for myself, and myself only, I've considered getting a bowl coring jig in the past, but never did get one. The reason I never did, is basically because the general overall shape is pre-conceived, and eliminates much of the creativity I enjoy in producing one bowl, from one piece of wood. Also, when using a coring jig, you just never know what is in the interior of a piece of wood. By making one bowl from one piece of wood, the element of discovery now opens up more possibilities. Because of that, the ability to alter the shape in order to eliminate or accentuate elements of the wood's flaws, and/or character, is drastically reduced when using a coring jig.

-----odie-----

 

[Dean Center]

Odie, this coring machine was made to Montana standards: "Hell for stout"!

 

[Marvin Jones]

I have a coring system and do not use it as much as when it was new. I found folks like the smaller bowls so not a great need for those big ones. When I do use it, I like to core thicker pieces and re-turn them to a little different form before sealing them for curing. My wood selection and preparation has gotten more accurate to the desired size and only an occasional chunk of wood demands coring because of some detail that will really jump out on a big bowl.

 

[Bill Blasic]

A bowl is a bowl is a bowl.

 

[Mark Jundanian]

Spoken like a true spindle turner .

 

[Doug Freeman]

There is more flexibility with coring tools like the Oneway and Bowlsaver than most think. I had preconceived notions of how my Bowlsaver worked based on the instructions and reviews I read/viewed. They all under sold to some degree the flexibility of how the blade pivot point can be varied with different size blades to get very different cores. Also, a core can be as thick as you want to make to allow more variance in the finished bowl.

I got the 2 blade version, thinking a 12” core was big enough since the biggest I make is ~14-15”. Now that I understand more about how setup can be varied I wish I had the 3 blade version.

The coring machine in the video is hell for stout and very good for what the user wanted, hi volume of the same thing, but it doesnt have the flexibility of one of the lathe mounted systems. He just says its faster tho an what he used before but doesnt tell what he used.

 

[John Hicks]

Some frugal turner is now going to try and make one out of plywood!

 

[Ronald Kanne]

Hi, That's funny. To see that there has been spoken in this forum about the mastodon, my coring machine.
@Doug Freeman: Before (and still) I use the Oneway Easy Core. And yes, it is much more flexible in shape than the Mastodon...
@Bill Blasic Yes it is more or less the same as the Korpro. We made it ourselves several years ago already. It cuts very agressive, on the Oneway Easy Core I only use it on the 2 smallest knives...
@robo hippy The Holland Bowl mill was one of the vids that made me think: "I wanna have such a thing... "

Grtz
Ronald

 

[Kirk Amidon]

A most impressive tool and fun video. Loved the line about the easy way, and the Dutch way. Definitely the sort of tool that Tim Taylor would have wanted in the Binford collection.

 

[Karl Loeblein]

@Ronald Kanne, Really like your style of videos. This thread was a good reminder to go see if there were other videos that I hadn’t seen since last time. Enjoyed watching the apple wobbly bowl while eating dinner. Better than watching the movies that Hollywood has been putting out lately.

 

[Bill Boehme]

I think that I need one of those behemoth coring machines. It makes my McNaughton coring tool look like a toy

 

[Isaac Davis]

Hi, That's funny. To see that there has been spoken in this forum about the mastodon, my coring machine.
@Doug Freeman: Before (and still) I use the Oneway Easy Core. And yes, it is much more flexible in shape than the Mastodon...
@Bill Blasic Yes it is more or less the same as the Korpro. We made it ourselves several years ago already. It cuts very agressive, on the Oneway Easy Core I only use it on the 2 smallest knives...
@robo hippy The Holland Bowl mill was one of the vids that made me think: "I wanna have such a thing... "

Grtz
Ronald

The Mastadon blew my mind when I saw the video a couple months ago. Good job!! I've been wondering a lot since watching a few of your videos, looks like you're always using the robust lathe. How does the robust compare to the oneway lathes in the background?

 

[Bill Boehme]

The Mastadon blew my mind when I saw the video a couple months ago. Good job!! I've been wondering a lot since watching a few of your videos, looks like you're always using the robust lathe. How does the robust compare to the oneway lathes in the background?

He's a Robust dealer for Europe and a Oneway dealer for the Netherlands.