What’s on your lathe?

[hughie]

was that taken out by simply breaking off the side grain at the bottom?

No it was cored at right angles

 

[hughie]

curly maple last night....

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Now that has some Wow even before you added your mastery

 

[Tom McDonnell]

No it was cored at right angles

That looks medieval! Would love to see that in use.

 

[hughie]

That looks medieval! Would love to see that in use.

I works surprising well, it was held in a Irons Gate tool rest, this good security and stability..I was very leary about possible catches etc , but it proved to be very smooth and stable.

 

[John K Jordan]

No it was cored at right angles

I have one of those (somewhere) or one made much like it. It did work but of course limited in core size.

 

[Bill Blasic]

I have one that looks similar but is not that beefy, I can't remember who made it.

 

[John K Jordan]

I have one that looks similar but is not that beefy, I can't remember who made it.

I think what I got was called “Bowlsaw”. But it’s been a long time and my memory is not reliable!

Some years back a fellow was making them and part of his plan was to send them out to certain people for feedback.
He sent me one to evaluate, perhaps because I was active on several forums and a moderator on one. I tried it and I found, as I mentioned, it worked fine but for me it had some limitations, mostly diameter of the core. However, for certain sizes and bowl shapes it could be a timesaver and give a liidded box-sized core. When I find where I put it I’lll give it another try.

A search for “bowlsaw” turned up some communication on Lumberjocks and elsewhere around 2008-2009 saying he sent some out to some Wood Central contributors. The website he gave appears to be no longer be active.

I did find a thread on AAWforum about it:

Thread 'New woodturning tool 6" & 8" bowlsaw'

Jan 18, 2009

I had the privilege of evaluating Dick Steussy's bowlsaws and found them easy and safe to use turning 2 bowls from one 7" blank and 3 bowls from a 9" blank. Inexpensive and great for the hobbyist and serious turner, would pay for itself in no time with the wood saved and with minimum sawdaust to clean up.

More information can be seen on www.bowlsaw.com

This is an American invention made in America I just happen to be an Aussie lucky enough try one out.

Bob.

• Bob Collins
• Replies: 32
• Forum: Woodturning Discussion Forum

• 

The blurb on Lumberjocks:

What is a BowlSaw?

What is a BowlSaw? In September I introduced an entirely new hand-held coring unit for woodturning amateurs I called the BowlSaw. The response was a deafening silence! My intention was not to disturb the "establishment" but they fiercely resisted any change to their protocol. This thing was...

www.lumberjocks.com

JKJ

 

[Stephen Lusen]

No it was cored at right angles

Whatever, Looks great

 

[Stephen Lusen]

Whatever, looks great

 

[hughie]

I think what I got was called “Bowlsaw”. But it’s been a long time and my memory is not reliable!

Some years back a fellow was making them and part of his plan was to send them out to certain people for feedback.
He sent me one to evaluate, perhaps because I was active on several forums and a moderator on one. I tried it and I found, as I mentioned, it worked fine but for me it had some limitations, mostly diameter of the core. However, for certain sizes and bowl shapes it could be a timesaver and give a liidded box-sized core. When I find where I put it I’lll give it another try.

A search for “bowlsaw” turned up some communication on Lumberjocks and elsewhere around 2008-2009 saying he sent some out to some Wood Central contributors. The website he gave appears to be no longer be active.

I did find a thread on AAWforum about it:

Thread 'New woodturning tool 6" & 8" bowlsaw'

Jan 18, 2009

I had the privilege of evaluating Dick Steussy's bowlsaws and found them easy and safe to use turning 2 bowls from one 7" blank and 3 bowls from a 9" blank. Inexpensive and great for the hobbyist and serious turner, would pay for itself in no time with the wood saved and with minimum sawdaust to clean up.

More information can be seen on www.bowlsaw.com

This is an American invention made in America I just happen to be an Aussie lucky enough try one out.

Bob.

• Bob Collins
• Replies: 32
• Forum: Woodturning Discussion Forum

• 

The blurb on Lumberjocks:

What is a BowlSaw?

What is a BowlSaw? In September I introduced an entirely new hand-held coring unit for woodturning amateurs I called the BowlSaw. The response was a deafening silence! My intention was not to disturb the "establishment" but they fiercely resisted any change to their protocol. This thing was...

www.lumberjocks.com

JKJ

Thanks, John, yup, I found the thread, only after I had used mine But what I did find it works very smoothly with a minimal learning curve. So much so that I will probably knock up another at some time as its a 'one per size' thing. I will also refine the primary tool to make the kerf, this came from what I had to hand.
Bowlsaw.com no longer exists and nothing in the Wayback machine, so I guess nobody took it on, shame as it works darn well.

 

[Paul Paukstelis]

My first test with a different approach to generating the code for flutes with arbitrary shapes. 2 hours 14 minutes.

 

[Scott Hoefs]

Spalted Maple 4.5"x13" close to being too far gone.

 

[Paul DuBose]

Just finished polishing this today. I was originally going to make an urn, but changed plans when I found the hole. Set it aside for a few months and finally decided it was time to finish it. This is spalted sycamore with Waterlox original finish.