This bowl was made from this cherry log,
which is strapped to the chainsawing table.
The log is cut roughly in half, with the grain.
Another cut along the grain (from the larger of the two pieces).
Marking the diameter of the bowl with chalk.
The blank is cut and rounded as much as possible with the chainsaw.
The rough bowl blank further refined with the chainsaw.
The blank is mounted on the lathe between centers –
using a spur drive and the tailstock.
While between centers, I formed a tenon at the bottom of the bowl
so the blank can be re-mounted in a four-jaw chuck.
The blank re-mounted using the chuck, which grabs the tenon.
This allows me to later hollow the bowl without the support of
the tailstock.
Between work sessions, the blank is stored in a plastic bag to
prevent the cracking that would naturally occur from drying.
The outside of the bowl is shaped and sanded,
and accent lines are burned in using a wire.
Now the bowl is hollowed, and the inside is sanded.
To turn the foot, the bowl is reverse mounted
over a scrap disc and protective rag (called a jam chuck).
The tailstock is used again to hold the bowl in place as it spins.
Jam chucking allows me to turn the foot, or base, except for a
small nub where the tailstock was holding the piece against the jam chuck.
The remaining nub on the foot is chiseled away and sanded.
The completed bowl, finished with walnut oil.
