This is one of the most common questions I get and I have yet to come up with a suitable answer. Do you mean from raw log to finished bowl? The answer is usually a couple years. Do you mean time at the lathe? Do you mean total work hours? Adding up the true number of work hours (finding wood, transport, chainsawing, bandsawing, rough turning, drying, final turning, sanding, embellishing, finishing, signing, etc.) is cumbersome at best. How do you answer this question?