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Woodchipper

Woodchipper

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The late Yogi Berra said you can see a lot by observing. Getting more into woodturning, I have been looking at various YouTube videos. One today had a unique approach to turning a bowl. First, he stacked three square pieces of 2x10, glued them and set overnight. He put the pieces on the lathe with a spur drive and live center. He then rounded the outside and then.....proceeded to cut the mortise for the chuck with a Forstner bit instead of hogging out the wood. To move farther down the line, he used three progressively bigger Forstner bits to remove most of the inside wood. Finished with a bowl gouge to clean up the inside and shape the rim. Dark stain, two applications of friction polish and done. The Forstner bits were a surprise. So, the wife got me a set of metric bits for Christmas. I just went in to the shop and found the 60mm will work with my Supernova2 chuck. Tried it and it is solid. Might use the toe of a small skew to inlet a bit for a dovetail. Thought I would pass this along. Keep a Jacobs chuck handy for the described steps.
One good turn deserves another.
 
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Need to review the video. Spur drive? I think the boards were on a worm screw instead of spur drive. Otherwise, it would fall off when the tailstock were removed.
 
Woodchipper said:
It is amazing how things were done before power tools. I recall seeing a Pharaoh's chair that had beads and coves the entire length of the legs and back spindles.
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Yes but you can't beat a good slave turning the lathe ……🤫

Actually as I do pole wood turning if you turn the wood whilst it's wet it's not too bad .
 
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