How I Rough Turn a Bowl | Woodturning
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- Bowl turning is something I love to do. It's a great way to take a break from the flat and square world of furniture making and so something much more sculptural.
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There are very few things in life as enjoyable as turning green wood! Nice tutorial Matt!
Thanks Peter!
I watched many bowl turning videos but you really covered it so that I finally understand it. Other videos leave out something they may think is trivial. You have covered all the bases, and for that; I thank you.
Awesome! Thank you so much Christopher!
Ah, man. Yes. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. This video rocks. I know there's other videos out there about this stuff but you do a great job communicating good clear and specific information instead of being goofy or overwhelming like other videos I've watched. Great job, Matt. Thanks again.
Thank you Caleb! That feedback means a lot to me :)
your commentary is excellent - you are a good teacher
Watching this I remember I have 5 or 6 bowls roughed out in bags in my shop lol. I got tired of the round and went back to flat work. Change is needed once in a while. Keeps me from getting bored. Thanks for sharing Matt
I have so many. I just turn them and forget about them, it seems. Thanks Scott!
That is great! I can't wait till I have the tools to turn bowls in my shop. I love that we get to see from log to shaping in your video.
Thanks Kyle! I hope you get turning soon :)
Great video as usual. "I have only done this a couple hundred times", you are a turner Matt..
Fine, if you twist my arm :)
Very interesting! It's nice to see the whole process. Thanks Matt!
Thanks! :)
Solid video Matt! You covered a lot of the process and key parts in only 15 minutes; well done.
Thank you Dan!
Very instructional and just as I started putting my lathe to use and figuring out all these new tools.
+Ty Moser (MonoLoco_Workshop) thanks Ty! It looks to be going well for you so far :)
Great narration Matt. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Thanks Greg!
Nice grain on that, glad to see the mop coming back. ;) Good job showing bowl turning, nice video.
haha! It will be back. Don't worry! Thanks Brian!
Wow! This video is very well done on so many levels Matt. The content was interesting.The flow of information with timing between video and commentary was superb. Camera angles and background sound made the videography a joy to watch. Each component was complementary to the other. I'm sure the editing was very laborious and time consuming but resulted in an excellent video!
I love your jig for cutting bowl blanks! Very cool as always Matt your videos are top notch!
Thank you!
Loved your gouge sharpening jig!
thanks Matt, very nice introduction
It's a beautiful grain and bowl
Thanks for doing the video Matt. It is great to get more perspectives on rough turning, especially from someone who is not a pure turner.
Great primer on rough turning Matt
Thanks Mitch!
Nicely done Matt !
+The ShavingWood Workshop thanks Tommy!
Great video Matt
Great video Matt. Never used a lathe but it is on the radar for 2016 and the more video's like this I watch, the better it will be. Thanks!
Thank you Bill! I hope you get one. They can be a lot of fun
Hi Matt, I got one a couple of weeks ago. I'm loving it. As always, thanks for doing what you do!
nice!!!
very informative! nice tip about tilting the table so there is less material to remove.
Thanks Scott :)
Great video Matt! I really liked the tip about centering the face plate on the blank using a spade bit. I've been turning for a few years and have never thought of doing it that way. Keep em coming.
Great video, Matt. I learned a few things!
Thanks Charlie!
I saw a TV program a while ago where a man had created a gizmo for removing the waste with one cut. The waste was chucked and he did it again and again, peat, repeat. He got 6-7 bowls from his blanks. Between the chisel and the operator handle there was a linkage that guided the chisel threw an arc. There were 2-3 of these specially fitted lathes going at the same time. He had a bowl making company. The show may have been "Dirty Jobs" with Mike Rowe.
Amazing lesson - thanks for sharing
Thanks Matt!
Thanks for stopping by :)
Great Video Matt Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Dean!
no turner, who are you trying to kid matt, probably one of the best turning tutorial I've seen in a long while, when are we gonna see that beast of a chain saw in action? we need more milling videos lol...many thanks scott
:) Just trying to be modest. If it doesn't rain later today you'll see it in action. Thanks Scott!
Thanks for sharing, Matt! Helped answer some of my "why" questions on rough turning.
Awesome! Thanks!
Great video. Thanks Matt.
great project thanks for sharing matt!
Nice tutorial! Thanks Matt!
Thanks!
Great video and explanation, Matt.
Thank you, Steve!
great video Matt, really enjoyed.
Thanks Francis!
"only a couple of hundred times" haha great video Matt!
I've got the rough turned blanks to prove it :)
That looks so fun!
It's so much fun!
I would like to see finish turning one of the rough turned bowls!
Awesome masterclass Matt. I always enjoy your thematic videos. I hope I can apply all this knowledge on my workshop. Regards from Barcelona!
Thank you Lluís! Hope all is well over there!
+Matthew Cremona Yes it is! Just being too busy at work. I hope I can go back to the workshop soon. By the way we got the same sharpening jig ;) Regards!
Keep up the great work!!
Great info on turning Matt. Thanks for sharing .
Thanks!
Thanks, Matt. Great informative and entertaining video. I learnt a lot and am inspired to get back on my Dad's old lathe :)
Thanks Adrian! I hope that you do
Well done! You explain this so well!
Thanks Marc!
Nice work Matt ! The whole process is magical to watch the wood turning on the lathe and changing shape :)
Very well explained! Someday I'll give this a try.
+Make Something thanks David! The internet needs you at the lathe :)
Love your turning vids!
Matt,
I just got the Wolverine System. Love it, well worth the money. Great tutorial on rough turning.
Ken
Thanks Ken! I used to free hand grind but this is way more consistent
I like the new logo appearing in the bottom corner of the video :) and enjoyed the content. Nice work and I see you left yourself plenty of room for forming a finished bowl as well as allowing for movement while drying.
Thanks! yeah, I've made the mistake of not leaving enough material before haha
Thanks for sharing
You might not call yourself a turner, but that was very interesting and enjoyable to watch!
Thanks Kriss!
Hi Matt, wondering if you made a video showing how to make your circle jig. If not will you please. Thanks. Really enjoyed watching you work.
looks good to me. can't wait to get a lathe
Great info, Matt! I haven't rough turned anything yet, I usually go right for the finished piece and let nature take course hahahaha. Most everything I do is live edge though so a little warp adds to the charm.
+Braxton Wirthlin there ya go! Embrace it!
If you do your push cuts from the foot to the rim on the outside of the bowl, you'll greatly reduce your tear out. This way the grain will be supported by the next grain layer. Just a helpful tip to get a better surface before you sand. : )
haha yeah that's so true. See I said I don't so this often enough! That's the direction I go when finish turning. Then it's a little more critical :)
Nice video. looks great so far.
Thanks Craig!
Great vid, very good at conveying info
Thanks!
first yea baby.....bowls are on my list....
+Robert Evans you're so quick!
nice matt, just learned something.....thanks.
Thanks Mike!
Interesting! Makes sense to let less wood dry in a shorter period of time.
Thanks!
Thanks Kevin!
I use a compass and the indention from cutting it into a circle to draw a circle to get my mounting plate as centered as possible, works pretty well. I cheat though and only use carbide, really need to buy a bowl gouge, looks like it's a lot fast hollowing out a bowl.
That's a good way to do it too. It's probably a little faster with the gouge once you get hang of it. I have an Easy Rougher but using the gouge is way more fun.
Nice work mate :)
Thanks David!
I'm surprised you didn't mention Frank Howarth on the great wood turning channels list. Although he does various other things, he's one of the best bowl turners I've seen on TH-cam.
He is. I figured people who are watching my stuff are already aware of Frank's videos. I tried to share some channels that most people watching my stuff have never heard of.
Mr Multi-talented.
Well maybe...
+Matthew Cremona I didn't know you were a wood turner too. What a relaxing hobby,.
I dabble. It is very relaxing
to get a better out side go from the bottom of the bowl to the top on the outside go from the top to the bottom on the in side
Matt, this video is on time! I just had my chain saw serviced and the blade sharpened. I've got some black walnut and oak to cut up! Btw.... still waiting on my stickers :(
nice job Matt. Maybe one day I'll have a lathe.
Thanks Mike! Maybe tomorrow? ;)
You could take a short piece of dowel and screw that to the blank's center point and then slip your face plate over that to get a better center point than just eyeballing it.
Congrats, on finally throwing some "curly fries, and some decent cross cut chips!!!!! it appears that you have figured out how to lower the rakers and get your angles correct!!
It finally, seems like you are proficient with your saw sharpening!!!..... Congrats!!!!
I know how it feels to be proficient!!!
P.S....... The electric saws are dependent on your chain sharpening effectiveness, too!!
You need to do more turning! Do you have recommendations for lathes and related accessories? I'd like to get one but I'm not looking to sell bowls, just doing woodworking as a hobby. Are there good used ones on the market? What should I avoid? Thanks in advance.
Great video Matt! Is that my shirt in the background? 🤔😉
great video matt..i turn predator calls but ive been wanting to have a go at a bowl..very helpful tips
Thanks Rocky! Give it a go. It's addicting.
nice video. when can we see the 090 in action again?
As soon as i get my chuck fitted i will try my first bowl. But i need to have an adapter made first.
I hope you post about your first experiences. I'd love to see that
you are making me want to make a lathe.
+Wood By Wright you need one
+Matthew Cremona I would like to make a spring pull this summer but we will see.
I gave away my electric chainsaw when I left the UK to move here because I thought "I won't have any trees there" but I ended up with a rare garden full of trees. Doh!
You could use that chainsaw on those scary palm trees :)
Interesting stuff Matt. Thanks, now I'm going to have to buy a lathe. Was that a fly buzzing around your mic when you were screwing in the circle jig?
Thanks! I have some audio issues and that's the remnants of my clean up
+Matthew Cremona Audio is the hardest part for me so far. I just got an audio techniqua wireless lavalier which helps a lot but I still am figuring it out. My first thought was, "Oh great, with all these f-ing filters and such in premiere, I have to worry about flies now?" Thankful that's not the case hahaha
Wow, I didn't really know you did turning! Interesting to see the fingernail grind on the gouge. So you think it's better than the 40/40 grind favored by turners such as @AshleyHarwood?
Just a quick and fun question: since your pretty good at lathe work, what's the wood that you have worked with that produces the longest strand of wood when you carve at it?
pretty much anything will when it's really green. You can pull some really long shavings once a green blank gets into round. That's the fun part.
Will you have a follow up to show the finish turning process?
Me make more content? never! ;)
Great video Matthew. Question. I make a lot of large bowls (17" to 19" diameter). I have a Stihl 039 (20" bar). I find a lot of the chips get hung up in the clutch area which I have to clear. Do you have any suggestions on what size saw/bar I should use to cut cross grain logs with a bowl size of 17"-19" diameter? Many Thanks!
loved the video, are you using a Grizzly Lathe?
Good stuff Matt. I don't have a lathe but I enjoy watching it done. Thanks for the lesson. Btw, when you purchase a lathe do they come complete with a snow shovel or is that extra? :)
Thanks Peter! You can add on various sizes and types of shovels depending on your volume of turning :)
Your instruction was pretty good for a guy has done it "Only one hundred times :) "
:) I have a bit of a system going
this may sound scary but when the whole lathe starts shaking turn the speed up not down. it wiil top shaking/
Is that because the work piece will have flied off the lathe ;)
Just use a compass and pencil that has the same radius as the plate and just centre the plate within the scribed radius.
That works too. Thanks!
+Matthew Cremona Glad to help.
Hey Matt, great video, question, were those drywall screws I saw you mount the face plate with??
+David Clauson they're construction screws. Thanks David!
Nice video Matt! Once you pull the blank from the bag, do you coat it with Anchor seal while it sits on the shelf?
+donny carter they're already pretty dry by that point so sealing them probably is unnecessary
Thanks!
Hi Matthew, thanks for the awesome video. My first comment on your channel! I have a quick question. I am not a professional woodworker and I am wonderinf where you get your wood and how much do you pay compared to buying at a shop. I am looking to get some nice live wedge wood for a coffee table, but looking around, they are quite expensive for a slab...do you have any suggestions on getting cheaper live wedge slabs??
Most everything I use I've cut myself from trees that I have gotten for free or close to it. The cheapest way to go is to skip the store and find someone producing the lumber, like myself, in your area. It will probably be half as much as what you would pay in a store. Thanks!
Hay Matt... What bandsaw blade did you use (width and tpi) to cut the blank? Thanks for your videos I always enjoy them!
Thanks Tom! It's a 3tpi 1/2" Lenox Trimaster: bit.ly/1Un4D0g
Awesome video Matt! What chuck is that? I'm looking for a decent one.
+Sean from SimpleCove it's a 5" hurricane chuck. Super robust chuck for not a lot of money. There's a link to it in the description. Thanks Sean!
+Matthew Cremona I always forget to look in the descriptions!
I got you covered ;)
are the blanks getting close to dry? is there a way to do the fingernail grind without that jig?
They've been dry for a while. I just have to get around to turning them. You can do it freehand. I used to do it that way. It's not going to be very consistent though unless you're really good at it but it is possible.
what thickness and TPI do you recommend/use when cutting the blanks on the bandsaw?
As coarse as possible. Width will determine the minimum diameter blank you can cut due to it's turning radius. I'm using a 1/2" 3tpi carbide blade
Nice to see you on the Dark Side..... ; )
Nice place you have here :)
Lovin the Jewish cup!
One of my favorite mugs :)
Great stuff, Matt! Would an extra thick end grain cutting board be used as a bowl blanc? Or would it just fly apart?
I've only ever turned a tool handle on a drill powered contraption :)
Thanks Martin! that would work. Usually when you see glued up bowls they're usually segmented probably to eliminate waste.
Thanks Martin! I don't see why that wouldn't work. You usually see glued up bowls done as segments though, probably to minimize waste.
+Matthew Cremona an end grain salad bowl would be a good accompaniment to an end grain cutting board, I reckon :)
Matt have you considered selling the rough bowls?
The thought has crossed my mind. I have so many of them and the roughing process is more enjoyable for me than the finishing process.
What wheels brand/grit do you have on the bench grinder?
They're the ones that came with the grinder. They're aluminum oxide. The wheel I used in the video is 120 grit and the other is 60 grit
Hmm, well that looks too small for popcorn. Must be an ice cream bowl... ;-)
mmmm ice cream....
Are you using a different camera?
no, same camera