Mikey Ellison has become very proficient at turning bowls and many other items. This time he turns a large green Sycamore bowl. This is a pretty good sized piece, so making two bowls is possible with a coring system. Mikey will rough turn the outside shape and then make the bowl bottom shape to fit the lathe chuck for a coring procedure. Rather than eliminating the center area by conventional turning the inside bowl shape using his Pinnacle Cryogenic Fingernail Bowl Gouge 1/2″, Woodcraft Item #148781, coring will allow Mikey to save all that wasted material and create two bowls out of one log.
To begin the core out procedure, Mikey uses the Kelton Standard Mcnaughton System, Woodcraft Item #127676.
Check out Mikey and fellow Turning Tuesday Codger Lodge member, Jim Morrison, as they team up to get this second bowl cored out.
Mikey will set aside these pieces for drying and turn them into a couple of beautiful bowls. Stay tuned for the finished products on an upcoming future blog and Facebook posting.
Keep on raining chips Mikey, and we’ll catch you on the next Codger Lodge Woodworking Adventure!
auf Wiedersehen…Frank!