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Question regarding natural edge bowl turning

MikeinSouthJersey

>Fellow turners,

I have a question for those of you that turn natural edge bowls. How do you handle these in green wood?

Do you rough turn thick, as you would a conventional bowl and then wait the appropriate time for it to dry? If you do this, do you lose bark?

Do you turn to final size and finish, all in one step? If you do this, are you getting a lot of distortion and cracks and do you lose bark?

Do you use the HDD method?

Thanks,

Mike in South Jersey

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Greg

>Mike,

I asked this question on here yesterday. You might look at that thread below.

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Eduardo Sarmiento Hall-Lima Peru

>the way I do is turn the piece then wait 2-3 days then return and so on until you get the thickness you want I ussually leave 1"then work from there Im talking about olive wood that is notorious to warp and crack a lot now if you turn end grain you can get away with a lot more because it does not warp too much if you turn it thin1/4" I do alot of end grain turning usually vases and natural edge bowls and no problem if the wood is too wet or Im in a hurry I micro the thing for 3minutes few times and presto ED

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Thanks to you both!

MikeinSouthJersey

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re: Natural edged bowls *LINK*

Darrell Feltmate

>Mike

My answer is yes. I do both. If I have a great need for some matural edged bowls I will turn them straight away from green wood. Turn to finished thickness, sand and finish. They warp a bit but generally do so in a length wise fashion that mimics the already falso oval of the bowl, so no one will notice. Most of the time I turn them in a roughing session where I rough ten or twelve bowls and end seal them to dry and finish turn later. Most finishes seem to work quite well on either method.


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