Turning a plum-wood bowl on my pole lathe - full process | Greenwoodworking

[@GRIZZ357]

Yo brother that is so cool, hat's off to you great job. You diffidently rocked it.

[@semihtuncer12]

Thank you

[@ricos1497]

Looked fairly intuitive in terms of the process, and a lovely bowl at the end. I was concentrating for a bit on the lathe itself and there's zero discernable movement. It really is a very solid structure. One of these days I'll get around to making one!

[@jones_trees_and_treen]

My lathe is far from the sturdiest bowl lathe you'll see. Vibrations become more of an issue when you're turning something larger or something with off-centre mass. Glad you enjoyed it, do make a pole lathe, it's great fun.

[@cocodij]

Cool idea the use of CA glue to fix the mendrel ! And realy nice bowl :)

[@jones_trees_and_treen]

Thanks, not my original idea but it works nicely. I still use tenon mandrels as well sometimes.

[@AaronTWas]

Thank you for showing the additional tools that you’ve made for getting down to the core when you near the end of the turning. I noticed that you did some work on the top of the bowl before turning it around to shape the outside. I don’t know if I’ve seen that in a pole lathe bowl turning video before. Does that help to true it up some more, to avoid potential vibration, or something else? Thank you for the great video!

[@jones_trees_and_treen]

No worries! You don't need the extra tools, they just help with minimising the stub that's left by the core. You see how I got mine nearly flush with the bottom of the bowl. I like to face the top of the bowl first so that there's no guesswork with the outside form. It also means I can turn off any flaws from the top before they potentially become an issue I can't fix!

[@jean-lucbleuse969]

Superbes

[@swartpeter5995]

Hallo there it's a great video. How dry is the wood you're turning? Thank you

[@jones_trees_and_treen]

Quite wet, not seasoned whatsoever.