I had a friend drop by last night. He needed 6 bowls that were 3" in diameter and half circles. They had to be exactly the same and fit his pattern so it took a little longer because I had to sneak up on the final dimension.
They are made from Hickory. They are going to be painted so I filled the worm holes with putty. The inside was straight off the Hunter #4 with no sanding. The outside was shear scraped with the Jordan shear scraper and then sanded with 220 grit.
It took me 2 hours 45 minutes to turn these.
I'm still trying to make 2 bowls that look close to the same size & shape, let alone 6 of them that match :blink:
(And I guess I might be able to turn one in around the time you turned all 6 ... provided it didn't have to be an exact dimension or shape!)
Serious question: what steps did you use, John?
If I had to do it, I'd probably start with the rim-side towards the headstock on a screw, turn the outside and make a tenon at the foot; reverse the tenon into a chuck, turn the inside and true the rim; reverse the rim into a jam-chuck and turn away the tenon.
Very nice and done pretty quickly. I usually turn a medium sized bowl an hour but I tend to lolly gag around and get distracted a lot so I'm not the fastest turner.
When you watch the pro's like Mike Mahoney and Glen Lucas you realize that none of us are fast. I just try to have fun but projects like this I had to get out of the way so I could get back to having fun.
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