#woodturing

I’m new to woodturning, but thought I’d share with you how I made this:

It’s very easy, if you know at least a little about bowl-making on a lathe.  This is just a quick post to show you how I augmented the blank.

I started out with some scrap wood that I saved from my local sawmill’s “To Be Mulched” bin.  It was an offcut that they couldn’t sell, and were planning on turning it into mulch.  I asked if I could have it, and they were kind enough to give it to me for free.

I marked out a basic circle and offset a cross (not religious, I just liked the look and don’t know how else to describe it).

Then I used a miter saw to make the first cut.  I put in some scrap walnut that I dug out of my own cutoffs bin and glued/clamped it up.  I wasn’t thrilled about gluing end grain to long grain, but this was just an exercise in fun.

When that set up, I took it back to the miter saw and made the second cut, placed in the second piece of walnut, and glued/clamped it up again.  This time it was long grain to long grain, so I felt better about it.

Now I needed to find a new center for my circle/bowl, and used sharpie to clearly define where I needed to make my blank on the bandsaw.

I liked the cross being offset.  Okay, it was time to max out the swing capacity on my baby lathe!

After that, it was just another bowl to make.

http://mogollonrimwoodworking.com/

Not for sale