Logs into bowl blanks

[Bill in Buena Park]

Just a quick video on how I turn logs into bowl blanks. Thanks for watching!

[Black wallnut]

Thanks for posting Bill! I must watch later when I am not at work and can actually listen.....

[joedad]

Thanks Bill. How long does the wood take to dry?

[Bill in Buena Park]

In my experience dry time depends on the species and size of the blank. I've had some Jacaranda blanks that dried in a few months, others take 8 months or more to dry. You can do the rough turn/twice turn thing, the rough turned blanks may dry faster to allow you to final-turn earlier, but I don't yet - waiting to get a Bowl Saver first.

[atgcpaul]

Bill, nice step by step there. Very informative.

[poolhound]

In my experience dry time depends on the species and size of the blank. I've had some Jacaranda blanks that dried in a few months, others take 8 months or more to dry. You can do the rough turn/twice turn thing, the rough turned blanks may dry faster to allow you to final-turn earlier, but I don't yet - waiting to get a Bowl Saver first.

When you say bowl saver do you mean one of those special chisels and jigs that lets you get multiple bowls from each blank?

[Bill in Buena Park]

When you say bowl saver do you mean one of those special chisels and jigs that lets you get multiple bowls from each blank?

Hi Jon, yes - the one I have my eye on is the Woodcut Bowl Saver from Packard Woodworks, here: http://www.packardwoodworks.com/Merc...av&Screen=CTGY

[capncarl]

I watched the bowl cutter at Alaska Bowl Company use their multiple bowl cutter that would cut multiple "sisters" out of the same log. Very interesting. Their device was quite a lot sturdier piece of equipment. I would envision a lot of chatter with a lesser tool.