Roughing out Bowls?

Re: Roughing out Bowls?

John Trant (aka Boxes-n-Bowls)

>When you Rough out a Bowl for later finishing, Aprox how close will you take it to the final form?

I get it only the roughest general shape with the primary focus on getting the wall thickness is fairly even. There is little use in generating any detail because the warping will case to eliminate it. However, as a reminder to myself of what I had in mind when I starte the roughing, I will include a 3x5 card detailing the profile and any special features I wanted to try. The card is simply thrown in the bag with the bowl or attached with "AnchorSealed" (which I use for my large bowls).

Do you rough out the inside also and about how thick would you leave the walls?

Absolutely, rough out the inside or your bowl will crack. Leave the wall thickness 1/10th the diameter of the bowl (i.e., 1 inch for every 10 inched of bowl diameter. This varies depending on how dry the wood is and the species.

Then you set aside for a few weeks or however long it takes to dry and then finish?

I set it aside for weeks if it appears already dry up to 8 months if it was sloppy wet. Again, it depends on the thickness of the walls, the condition of the bowl blank, and the species.

Is it better to rough out the bowl and leave a Spagot for normal chucking or revearse?

I leave the spigot so that I can grip it for the final turning. Generally, I will start my roughing between centers so the center mark remains in the spigot in the rough bowl. After drying, I will use the tailstock against this depression to hold the rough bowl against my chuck. There is no "fit" here, just pressure. I will carefully but quickly true up the spigot and the surface onto which the jaws will sit. Then I chuck the bowls spigot into the chuck and away I go.

John

Sorry for all the typos

John Trant (aka Boxes-n-Bowls)

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Re: Roughing out Bowls? *LINK*

Darrell Feltmate

>The easiest way for me to answer is to ask you to see my website under "roughing a bowl"


http://www.roundthewoods.com

Re: Roughing out Bowls?

Dan Bailey

>Look at www.roughoutbowls.com and look under Bowls 101 in the index.

I rough out about 1500 bowls a year so if you need more info I am at Danandnancy2@comcast.net

Good luck.

Re: Roughing out Bowls?

Larry

>And you're so modest!

Re: Roughing out Bowls?

Brad Vietje

>Great info. John -- I'd only add that the initial spigot needs to be larger than the minimum size the chuck will handle, because once you re-chuck it and true the spigot for a second chucking, the spigot will be smaller.

Safe Spinning,

Brad Vietje

Thetford, VT

Re: Ghost In The Server, Ellis?

Mark Mandell - Gone Round In Jersey

>Why is Brad's response to a March 15th thread showing up on the current date Board?

Could it be the same reason that Lea's response post to the same inquiry is also on the "current" Board about 12 lines down?

Someboby call an Exorcist!!

Because Brad just posted it yesterday

Jeff Gerardot, Indianapolis IN

>The index shows messages posted within the last 2 weeks. Brad posted his msg yesterday, so his message still shows in the current index.

I'm guessing Brad found the old thread (by searching or maybe just catching up) and posted his response to it.

Re: Because

Mark Mandell - Gone Round In Jersey

>Gotch, Jeff.

Question, would it be possible to have the whole thread move to the "top" when this happens? I've seen other boards work that way, and it would seem to make sense so readers of the "new" post could read it in context of what it's responding to without navigating the archives.

Mark

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Re: Because

Bill Grumbine, Kutztown PA

>Hi Mark

I have my preferences set for compressed, guestbook, UBB, and I get each thread on a single page. If someone responds to a thread, the whole thing goes to the top of the page. The only drawback is that sometimes it is not clear which post in the thread is being responded to.

Bill

Re: Ah Ha!

Mark Mandell - Gone Round In Jersey

>Ain't it most always so that we're the victims of our own preferences? Here I could have solved the mystery/problem myself, but preferred to remain ignorant of the solution.

Thanks for the explanation!

Mark

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BTW, sent you a mail