Bernie's almost right...I've got a
Oneway live center, but in these particular photos I was using the one that came with my Powermatic, which is essentially a clone of the Oneway. (BTW Jim, I don't cut to the point itself, but stop at the cup surrounding the point. Also, I think the point is sharper than the 60 degree centers for pen turners.)
Dawson said:
Is the goal for the bowl to not move at all (friction chuck spins with the bowl), while the tailstock side spins freely?
I'm not sure I understand your question.
The friction chuck is held by the regular chuck, then the bowl you're working on is pressed up against the friction chuck, with moderate pressure supplied by the tailstock to keep it in place. When the lathe is turned on, it all moves, but it moves together.
To answer your alignment question, when I make the tenon (when I first start turning the blank), I'm using the tailstock to hold the blank. The live center in the tailstock leaves a mark in the tenon where the point was poked into the blank. Later, when it's time to finish the bottom of the bowl, I use that little mark as a center reference when I do the friction chuck thing.
And thanks for the compliments on the bowl I showed. The shaded coloring was done with tinted clear finish applied with a mini HVLP spray gun. I've done similar things on smaller pieces with an airbrush.