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Warped bowls?

Many people, myself included,.often turn bowls out of green wood start to finish an d then let them warp. If you buy John Jordan's video on the Aesthetics of wood you can learn to.predict the movement and take you work to the next level.
 
I believe Reed does lots of warped bowls as well, he has several videos too. Search for Robo hippie on you tube, he has some excellent videos
 
Bobby Smith said:
it possible to turn a bowl while it's warped
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The whole process of twice turning bowls is to turn a green bowl with a thick wall.
It will warp as it dries. Bowls centered on the grain will warp oval and nearly symmetrical.
He is the still from the video of the dry bowl just put into the chuck.
The outside is round. The inside still oval. Next step is hollow it round.

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Lamar’s memory is correct. Here is the link.
Returning a dried bowl
 
I have watched that video before Hockenbery! I appreciate you throwing it up there because I enjoyed watching it again. I like how you explain everything so well. It still amazes me how you can take a bowl that warped and out of round and in 30 mins make it look great again. I really look forward to the day that I am that confident in turning and can get at least halfway to that point. Thanks again!
 
Bobby Smith said:
I have watched that video before Hockenbery! I appreciate you throwing it up there because I enjoyed watching it again. I like how you explain everything so well. It still amazes me how you can take a bowl that warped and out of round and in 30 mins make it look great again. I really look forward to the day that I am that confident in turning and can get at least halfway to that point. Thanks again!
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You will get there practice-practice- practice

What I find with myself and others is that we can watch the same demo or video many times and each time learn things from it that we missed before. Mostly it has to do with the change in our base knowledge.

As far as speed. When I taught the beginning bowl class at Maryland Hall it took my students about 2 hours of class time to return a dried bowl 8-10” diameter. Most could return a similar bowl in less than an hour in their own shop - assuming they remember everything.

All turners get faster with practice.
It take 30 minutes in the demo. My general timing rule for demos is 3 to 1 from shop time.
If I can turn something in 20 minutes at home I plan on 60 minutes in the demo because there in non turning time, I stop the lathe a lot, and I turn a a bit slower lathe speed and smaller depth of cut.

You will get there and beyond
 
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Once the wood bowl has dried and you are ready to re-turn the warped bowl to round, depending on the wood species a freshly sharpened set of lathe tools will make the process proceed with better results. Some types of wood when dried can present challenges to the woodturner if they are not used to working with that type of wood. Some of the "hard" woods require repeated sharpening of the tools to attain clean cuts on the project, using dull tools can be frustrating and takes longer time working the project and provides a substandard wood surface which requires a lot of sanding to remove the tool marks.
 
Yes, kind of me, I like warped things..... I do have a bunch of bowl turning videos up, and make a few toys for my tool-aholic friends....

robo hippy
 
john lucas said:
Many people, myself included,.often turn bowls out of green wood start to finish an d then let them warp. If you buy John Jordan's video on the Aesthetics of wood you can learn to.predict the movement and take you work to the next level.
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Thanks, John. Its very important to have a good understanding of the material, and a lot of woodturners don't. Its really not very complicated. Don't have to buy a DVD, there are a couple of articles on my website on the subject: www.johnjordanwoodturning.com.

John
 
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