Sorry if this is a really stupid question...
I Have made a couple of attempts to make a small bowl with curved sides, a bit like a donut, and the inside to match the curve of the sides.
I can hollow out the bowl with the bowl gouge no problem up to the point where the hollowed area is parallel with the direction of the lathe bed. In fact, I have made several boxes now like this.
But as soon as I try to use the bowl gouge to cut a curve into the Walls of the bowl, however shallow, I just get dig in after dig in no matter what I do, until my bowl becomes a small plate.
Am I attempting the impossible by trying to use a gouge to do even the shallowest of hollowing tasks? Or am I missing something about how to hold the tool? Or am I just biting off more than I can chew?
I know there are specific hollowing tools, but does that mean there is just no way of accomplishing any interior curve with any other tool?
Thanks for anyone who can explain.
I Have made a couple of attempts to make a small bowl with curved sides, a bit like a donut, and the inside to match the curve of the sides.
I can hollow out the bowl with the bowl gouge no problem up to the point where the hollowed area is parallel with the direction of the lathe bed. In fact, I have made several boxes now like this.
But as soon as I try to use the bowl gouge to cut a curve into the Walls of the bowl, however shallow, I just get dig in after dig in no matter what I do, until my bowl becomes a small plate.
Am I attempting the impossible by trying to use a gouge to do even the shallowest of hollowing tasks? Or am I missing something about how to hold the tool? Or am I just biting off more than I can chew?
I know there are specific hollowing tools, but does that mean there is just no way of accomplishing any interior curve with any other tool?
Thanks for anyone who can explain.