Batfink44
Established Member
Well i had a go at turning my first bowl today I only had a piece of 4" cubed bit of pine witch came off an old fence post.
It seemed to start off ok although i couldn't get a nice finish on the side of the bowl (i think this was due to the timber as i've only turned green sycamore before a few times.
I got myself a little confused, when setting up for a bowl should i mount the faceplate to the end grain or should i have the end grain on the sides of the bowl?
I set up with end grain on sides of the bowl and i managed to get a good 2 inch deep with walls about 4mm thick when i noticed a crack appear and thats when it all went wrong... as it was only a small crack at the top of the bowl i thought i could just take the top down 1/2 inch and just re adjust my design. But no every time i tried the rack just got longer after a couple attempts of rectifying it i got fed up called it a day and went indoors to sort out "myfarm" on facebook. don't judge me on that my wife got me hooked on it.
Hopefully tomorrow i can get some more sycamore off my friend and ill have another go..
I have a 4" faceplate what depth screws should i use bearing in mind i cant turn too big a bowl about 12" max i think and should i set up with end grain on side of bowl or grain on faceplate? or does it matter with green wood?
It seemed to start off ok although i couldn't get a nice finish on the side of the bowl (i think this was due to the timber as i've only turned green sycamore before a few times.
I got myself a little confused, when setting up for a bowl should i mount the faceplate to the end grain or should i have the end grain on the sides of the bowl?
I set up with end grain on sides of the bowl and i managed to get a good 2 inch deep with walls about 4mm thick when i noticed a crack appear and thats when it all went wrong... as it was only a small crack at the top of the bowl i thought i could just take the top down 1/2 inch and just re adjust my design. But no every time i tried the rack just got longer after a couple attempts of rectifying it i got fed up called it a day and went indoors to sort out "myfarm" on facebook. don't judge me on that my wife got me hooked on it.
Hopefully tomorrow i can get some more sycamore off my friend and ill have another go..
I have a 4" faceplate what depth screws should i use bearing in mind i cant turn too big a bowl about 12" max i think and should i set up with end grain on side of bowl or grain on faceplate? or does it matter with green wood?