Tom Baugues
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So I turned my first simple bowl on Monday evening. I turned a tenion on the bottom to fit it in my chuck to do the inside of the bowl. Thursday evening I bought a set of flat jaws for my chuck so that I could reverse the bowl and finish off the bottom of the bowl. The almost finished bowl sat in my chuck on the lathe from Monday til this morning (Friday) when I removed it from the chuck to find that it had warped alot. With this being my fiirst bowl I need someone to tell me where I went so wrong.
Details:
The wood was Apple from a tree I cut down in my back yard about 8 weeks ago. I did not seal the wood at that time. The wood sat outside until about a week ago.
I knew the wood blank had checks in it before I turned it but that was ok as this was just my first attemp at bowls and really didn't expect to keep this as a usuable bowl. The turning worked out ok and after showing it here on another thread I was encouraged to finish it. I was really shocked as to how much it warped. I have read here that wood can do that but I'm guessing that I should have left the wall thickness thicker to allow for this?
When reversing the bowl in my new flat jaw chuck thw bowl wobbled all over and was no way round.
Should I have.... Only turned the piece to a rough shape then set it aside for a few more months to dry out?
Or turned the piece as I did but then seal it with anchorseal right away...would that have helped?
The walls of my turning are to thin too correct this now. I have not put a finish on it yet.
Advice wanted.
Thanks,
Tom
Details:
The wood was Apple from a tree I cut down in my back yard about 8 weeks ago. I did not seal the wood at that time. The wood sat outside until about a week ago.
I knew the wood blank had checks in it before I turned it but that was ok as this was just my first attemp at bowls and really didn't expect to keep this as a usuable bowl. The turning worked out ok and after showing it here on another thread I was encouraged to finish it. I was really shocked as to how much it warped. I have read here that wood can do that but I'm guessing that I should have left the wall thickness thicker to allow for this?
When reversing the bowl in my new flat jaw chuck thw bowl wobbled all over and was no way round.
Should I have.... Only turned the piece to a rough shape then set it aside for a few more months to dry out?
Or turned the piece as I did but then seal it with anchorseal right away...would that have helped?
The walls of my turning are to thin too correct this now. I have not put a finish on it yet.
Advice wanted.
Thanks,
Tom
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