Wormy elm. I have some cracking and punkiness around the opening. I might have to cut off the little rim.
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- Thread starter Rusty Nesmith
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Looking good Kent ! Love the rim.
Small oak "candy dish" going to be a donation for my sisters church "trivia night". I don't normally donate items but she did buy me a Trent Bosch hollowing system for Xmas sooooo I guess little brother will donate.
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I had turned some thicker bowls per a request out of maple and decided to turn a thicker walnut about a year ago.
The finished walnut was for me and just put it on the display shelf. The rim moved and every time I went by it it bothered me to the point I turned the bowl upside down
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Finally decided I couldn’t take it anymore and was able to jam chuck it, cut a recess on the foot just deep enough for the chuck to hold and recut the rim. It is now 15-1/4” x 5” and I’m happy.
Since I was already at the lathe decided to finish turn a maple rouged out from early 2023, it measures 16 x 4.
The finished walnut was for me and just put it on the display shelf. The rim moved and every time I went by it it bothered me to the point I turned the bowl upside down
.Finally decided I couldn’t take it anymore and was able to jam chuck it, cut a recess on the foot just deep enough for the chuck to hold and recut the rim. It is now 15-1/4” x 5” and I’m happy
.Since I was already at the lathe decided to finish turn a maple rouged out from early 2023, it measures 16 x 4.
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I’ve blown up a couple going back to the rim after turning the bowl—you’re good!I had turned some thicker bowls per a request out of maple and decided to turn a thicker walnut about a year ago.
The finished walnut was for me and just put it on the display shelf. The rim moved and every time I went by it it bothered me to the point I turned the bowl upside down
Finally decided I couldn’t take it anymore and was able to jam chuck it, cut a recess on the foot just deep enough for the chuck to hold and recut the rim. It is now 15-1/4” x 5” and I’m happy
Since I was already at the lathe decided to finish turn a maple rouged out from early 2023, it measures 16 x 4.
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This one being a little thicker helped. It took a while since I was taking very light cuts and holding my breath
. Being left handed I was out of the line of fire!!
I’m a lefty also. I often turn from the “wrong” side of the lathe.This one being a little thicker helped. It took a while since I was taking very light cuts and holding my breath
How thick do you like for a bowl?I had turned some thicker bowls per a request out of maple and decided to turn a thicker walnut about a year ago.
The finished walnut was for me and just put it on the display shelf. The rim moved and every time I went by it it bothered me to the point I turned the bowl upside down
Finally decided I couldn’t take it anymore and was able to jam chuck it, cut a recess on the foot just deep enough for the chuck to hold and recut the rim. It is now 15-1/4” x 5” and I’m happy
Since I was already at the lathe decided to finish turn a maple rouged out from early 2023, it measures 16 x 4.
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I personally like 1/4”- 3/8”, just depends of the diameter and depth of the bowl I’m turning. The walnut above is 7/16” thick and the maple is 5/16” thick at the top of the rim. The slope of the rim also affects how thick the bowl appears. The walnut has a deeper slope and looks twice as thick as the maple when it is actually only 1/8” thicker.
I’ve made thinner bowls but just don’t like the feel. If it’s a larger bowl with a rim 3/8” to 7/16” I will usually do a gradual undercut to where I’m 1/4” thick about one inch below the rim. That with the sloped/beveled rim allows the thumb to wrap around the rim better.
I just turn them to what I like