No it was cored at right angles
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Now that has some Wow even before you added your mastery
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.
I have one of those (somewhere) or one made much like it. It did work but of course limited in core size.
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:
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
Whatever, Looks great
Whatever, looks great
Thanks, John, yup, I found the thread, only after I had used mineI 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:
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...
JKJ
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.
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My first test with a different approach to generating the code for flutes with arbitrary shapes. 2 hours 14 minutes.
Spalted Maple 4.5"x13" close to being too far gone.
Did a couple bowl feet this evening.
Currently experimenting with some acrylic paint pens to do a permanent inventory number. (Thanks to @Ed Davidson for the idea!)
I've found that you really have to be careful with the buffing to prevent the process from ruining the numbers, but with some practice, it can be done.
The paint needs to dry for 24hrs before a sealing coat of DO is applied.
I also re-wired the dash and replaced the input voltage wire to the distributor of my 1928 Model A Ford Pickup truck today! I think this fixed my hard starting issues.....fingers crossed! It was getting dark, so couldn't test drive it today......soon!!!!!
=o=
Currently experimenting with some acrylic paint pens to do a permanent inventory number. (Thanks to @Ed Davidson for the idea!)
I've found that you really have to be careful with the buffing to prevent the process from ruining the numbers, but with some practice, it can be done.
The paint needs to dry for 24hrs before a sealing coat of DO is applied.
I also re-wired the dash and replaced the input voltage wire to the distributor of my 1928 Model A Ford Pickup truck today! I think this fixed my hard starting issues.....fingers crossed! It was getting dark, so couldn't test drive it today......soon!!!!!
=o=