How To Turn Bowls On Wood Lathe

Turn on the lathe slowly and begin turning the outer face of the bowl using a rounding gouge or a bowl gouge.

How to turn bowls on wood lathe. The piece of wood is a tie-up with the spinning grid. It turns well and efficiently with a sharp tool so its easier on the Lathe. Using the bowl gauge cut down the tenon as much as possible while still being careful to not loosen it from the lathe.

When it is centered lock the tool rest. Once the tenon is a manageable size remove the bowl from the lathe and hammer off the rest of the tenon with a hammer and chisel. Once satisfied with the fit apply medium-viscosity cyanoacrylate glue to the area around the tenon on the glue block spray catalyst on the foot of the bowl and bring the two together.

For this step youll need to remove the tailstock and connect a faceplate and tenon. Wait 5 to 10 minutes and start turning. Well you can turn bowls on a wood lathe through putting the wood bowls into it.

Once you have the bowl on the lathe drill a hole in the center to start carving. Drill a small center hole in the end of the handle a 18 bit will do for the tailstock on your lathe. Put your roughly shaped handle on the lathe and turn a short tenon on the end for the ferrule.

So lets see how it works. Turn the lathe back on. And you can turn into a bowl vase spindle or any kind of shape.

Continue turning until the outer shape of the bowl is complete. Set the bowl gouge on the rest and see if the cutting edge of that gouge is at the center point of the bowl blank. So always sand Hickory along with the direction of the grain rather than the opposite way.