Woodturning: Finishing the bottom of a bowl without a vacuum chuck or cole jaws. Cheap and simple!

No vacuum chuck? No problem! In this video designed with beginning woodturners in mind, I give a complete explanation while I share my simple and cheap low-tech method for finishing the bottom of all of my bowls using just a shop made jam chuck (or jamb chuck) and some craft foam.
This method is an effective way of removing your tenon or screw holes to remove all evidence of the mounting method that you used to hollow the bowl and leave nothing but an elegant foot behind.
In addition, this method of re-turning the bowl to remove the tenon does not take that much longer than using cole jaws. When you take in to account the time needed to switch out the bumpers on the cole jaws (unless you always turn a bowl of exactly the same diameter), this method only takes a little longer, and if you only have one chuck body and actually have to swap out the chuck jaws as well, I think this method is faster.
Beginners, ditch the mortise and switch to using a tenon that you'll remove using this method. You'll have less of a chance of going through the bottom of the bowl because of the additional thickness provided by the tenon and you'll end up with a more elegant final product!

[@SoloWoodworking]

Thank you thank you thank you for including the audio of what the lathe and piece sounds like when you are turning. So many channels edit over this with music. It helped me to hear that what I am turning actually sounds ok as I am a very novice turner. You got a subscriber out of me.

[@studiocsh]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it. I'll probably have music sometimes but I think on the more instructional videos like this one, probably not- I think it's important too for people to hear what things should sound like!

[@StudioJLT]

Very well explained. I especially liked when you explained why you cut into the bowl with the gouge rather than across the tenon.

[@studiocsh]

Thanks Josh, glad it was useful!

[@DancingFox6]

Klingspor’s is definitely the very best sandpaper!

[@timofeyzhukov-khovanskiy9173]

Thanks for changing my perspective on the tool marks from removing the nub. I think I'll treat it more like a feature now and see how I can embelish and showcase them instead of sanding them out

[@jeffbostic6660]

I wondered how that was done. Thanks

[@kugeldrechsler866]

Vers fine work you made!
Can you tell us something about the details of your Xdust extraction System?
I'm very interested on its Details, electrical power and geometry of the fan, etc.
Many thanks before!!
Thomas

[@DaDaDanceProject]

What's the brand of the sandpaper you are recommending in this video?

[@studiocsh]

The green discs are from Craft Supplies USA/ The woodturners catalog:
www.woodturnerscatalog.com/p/114/5087/premium-green-2-Inch-Sanding-Discs-10-Pack
And the yellow sandpaper is the Kilngspors gold rolls

[@DaDaDanceProject]

Thanks 🙏👍

[@AkkiSan23]

looooool

[@nkosiakinlabi3135]

Why not just sand it flush.? Would give it a professional finish.

[@randsipe224]

Why do we all have beards? Me included. Is it a turner thing?

[@DancingFox6]

I don’t have a beard. May I still turn? 👩🏻‍🦰