Thread: Bowls from a plank.

I saw a video of an old Indian (I think?) bloke who had a primitive lathe and tools that looked as if they were made from old leaf springs. He was sat on the floor with the 'lathe' set in the deck. He held the tools with one hand and one foot! And finished uo with some lovely bowls.

So I thought that if he could do it then I might be able too. So I had an offcut of oak


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Squared it off and cut it to round on my band saw, put a dovetail chuck bit on both sides, mounted it on my scroll chuck and cut the

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It was then assembled and glued, mounted on the lathe and this was the result

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I turned and finished the outer first using the mounting spigot on the inside. Then it was reversed and the outside done. The layers were placed at 90º to the top and bottom and that gave it a nice grain pattern.

That wasn't the end and I wondered what 2 contrasting woods would look like?

Well, I like it

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Plus, I finished up with 2 bowls.